Sales of refinance loans plummeted to the lowest level in at least eight years. But purchase-mortgage sales had a bad month too. (Includes two data charts.)

A perfect storm in the mortgage market could spur industry consolidation in the next year, according to a recent Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report.

Amid declining volumes, the largest and smallest lenders who sell to the GSEs lost market share while large and mid-sized lenders got a bigger piece of the pie. (Includes two data charts.)

In a month of flip-flops, the largest lenders recorded increases in production and Freddie’s volume topped Fannie’s. (Includes two data charts.)

Purchase-mortgage business held steady in Fannie/Freddie MBS issuance in July while refinance volume continued to drop. (Includes two data charts.)

After cutting interest rates on its products in late June, UWM expects its gain on sale to decline from 99 bps in the first half of this year to as low as 30 bps in the third quarter.

Some banks are partnering with Rocket Mortgage on originations. Rocket said banks are having a hard time competing with the nonbank.

An increase in purchase mortgages wasn’t enough to offset ongoing declines in refi volume, pushing issuance of Ginnie MBS down 2.9% in July compared with June. (Includes two data charts.)

Megabanks topped the list of GSE servicers in the first quarter of 2022, but they continued to lose market share to nonbank servicers. (Includes two data charts.)

Among the top 100 GSE sellers, 78 delivered less dollar volume to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the first quarter of 2022 than in the previous period.