Loans eligible for sale to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or insured by FHA or VA accounted for a huge 86.1% of first-lien originations in early 2020. Both jumbo and expanded-credit mortgage lending fell sharply in the period. (Includes two data charts.)

Impac Mortgage Holdings is about to unload what’s left of its MSR assets. Meaning?

The gap between when prepayment proceeds are received and when the funds must be transferred to agencies provides an opportunity for servicers to use the funds for forbearance-related advance payments.

A 91% drop in GSE earnings during 1Q has raised concerns about their second-quarter performance and exit from conservatorship.

States with a higher case rate of coronavirus infections saw a larger drop in purchase-mortgage applications in March, according to the CFPB.

The economic damage caused by the pandemic took a bite out of Freddie’s first-quarter results. More trouble lies ahead, including forced MSR transfers.

When the going gets tough, the wholesale channel is often the first to go. Mr. Cooper this week shuttered its broker platform, but will other table-funders follow suit?

Lenders continued to increase loan originator compensation in the first quarter of 2020. However, this party won’t last long as the industry braces for recession, job losses and tighter underwriting.

Wells Fargo has been the top lender in total home loan production since Countrywide hit the skids in the second quarter of 2008. But Quicken took the top spot in early 2020. (Includes two data charts.)

Mortgage bankers have been clamoring for liquidity help from the FHFA. This week, the agency delivered on the issue of the GSEs buying COVID-19-related forbearance loans, but then lenders read the fine print.