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.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae combined to produce $85.33 billion of single-family MBS in July, up 11.6 percent from the previous month, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS market analysis and ranking. July was the fourth straight monthly increase in agency MBS issuance after the market hit a 14-year low in March of this year. On a year-to-date basis, production was off 54.3 percent from the first seven months of 2013, and it will take a significant increase in issuance over the next five months for the market to hit the $1 trillion mark by the end of this year. All three agencies posted...[Includes two data charts]