A diverse group of 31 lenders tracked by Inside Mortgage Trends reported a combined $4.13 billion in mortgage banking income during the second quarter, up 32.7 percent from the first three months of 2014.
SIFMA noted that in recent years both the FHFA and Congress have increased the GSEs’ guarantee fees in an effort to reduce their market share and make non-agency MBS issuance more competitive.
Mortgage origination volume was up in all three major production channels during the second quarter of 2014, with a slight shift in market share toward the retail channel as well as to brokers, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis and ranking.