Warehouse lenders ended the year with $64.0 billion of commitments on their books, a modest 1.4% sequential decline and flat compared to the same period a year ago, according to survey figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.]
The one bright spot in the residential mortgage market last year was purchase-mortgage lending, which provided at least a faint glow in an otherwise dreary year for lenders. [Includes four data charts.]
Mortgage brokers aren’t taking over the world, but the industry’s share of new production reached a nine-year high in 2018, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes six data charts.]
Almost across the board, conventional and government lenders took it on the chin in terms of originations last year, but two of the largest producers of non-qualified mortgages — the Angel Oak family of companies and Citadel Servicing Corp. — excelled.
It didn’t really matter much what part of the mortgage market lenders focused on in late 2018, production fell by roughly equal degrees in the major product groups, according to an exclusive new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis. [Includes two data charts.]
Two large lenders saw a decline in origination volumes in the fourth quarter because they weren’t willing to compete on price, officials at the firms said.
Originations of first-lien home mortgages dropped 14.9 percent from the third to the fourth quarter of 2018, according to an exclusive new analysis and ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes two data charts.]
The nation’s megabanks reported weak origination figures and non-cash writedowns on their servicing assets for the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and USB suffered the most. [Includes one data chart.]
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