Meanwhile, loan originations at the company inched up to $4.9 billion in 3Q from $4.8 billion in the second quarter.

The red ink marks the first time in four years that the government-sponsored enterprise booked a quarterly loss.

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In a recent letter to HUD Secretary Julian Castro, 69 House members called for policy changes that would relax FHA restrictions to facilitate the purchase and sale of condominiums.

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Among the top five contributors to jumbo MBS, all were nonbanks, except First Republic.

The remaining principal balance of securitized VA loans was $426.8 billion, up 5.1 percent from the prior quarter.

Some 35 percent of the U.S. population has a credit score below 650, said Matt Nichols, CEO of Deephaven Mortgage.

Discussing the new integrated disclosure rule known as TRID, Ishbia noted that loan brokers “adapted wonderfully and we are closing a lot of TRID loans.”

OCC chief Thomas Curry added: “It’s clear to me that these reserves need to rise to account for the increasing credit risk we are seeing in the system."