Even as loan deliveries to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase, the two entities continue to lose business to Ginnie Mae issuers. (Includes two data tables.)
FHFA established a new policy — that no GSE servicer should have a market share exceeding 20% — when it authorized Fannie and Freddie to continue doing business with the combined entity that will be formed following Rocket Companies’ planned acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group.
Single-family mortgage securitization by the GSEs declined by 9.7% on a monthly basis in July, with refinance business down sharply. (Includes two data tables.)
Rocket Mortgage is leaning on artificial intelligence to improve lending efficiency. The nonbank is wrapping up its acquisition of Mr. Cooper and already seeing benefits from its acquisition of Redfin.
Although total GSE servicing remained almost unchanged as of the end of the second quarter, some large servicers — mostly nonbanks — experienced disproportionate year-over-year gains in volume. (Includes two data tables.)
Deliveries to Fannie and Freddie rose last month even as the GSEs’ market share is the lowest since the global financial crisis. (Includes two data tables.)