Quicken Loans was the top ranked FHA producer for the year with $17.4 billion, followed by United Wholesale Mortgage ($13.1 billion) and Freedom Mortgage ($8.7 billion).

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For the full year, production soared by 42.7% to $216.8 billion, also a record. The driver: Strong refinance volume driven by low interest rates.

The FHFA in September increased the cap on Fannie’s and Freddie’s multifamily lending to $100 billion each through the end of 2020, with at least 37.5% of their business earmarked for affordable housing.

As one servicing broker put it: “It’s brutal. No other way to say it…”