Refinance demand continued to fuel surging business in the agency market, although Ginnie dropped a little further behind Fannie and Freddie. (Includes two data charts.)

The MBA said a permanent, paid-for government backstop for agency mortgage-backed securities would be the ideal way to ensure a deep, liquid secondary mortgage market.

A Biden victory could have immediate ramifications for the CFPB. What’s in the cards: a change in leadership and more enforcement activity.

If you thought the second quarter was a barn burner for loan production, just wait until you see the results for the third quarter. Across the board, executives are predicting stellar results.

Years in the making, the CSBS late this week finally unveiled its proposal on regulatory standards for nonbank servicers. Trouble ahead?

If the Financial Stability Oversight Council gets its way, GSE capital standards will be tighter than what many in the industry want. Is that a problem? Opinions vary.

Eric Kaplan of the Milken Institute said the best possible explanation for the FHFA director’s remark is he thinks the GSEs may still have some of that profit-at-any-cost mentality that got them into trouble a decade ago.

Mortgage origination profits haven’t been this good in decades. Gain-on-sale margins of 600 bps on government loans? At some shops, yes.

The volume of eMortgages purchased by Fannie and Freddie has grown more than fourfold since 2018, but it’s still a tiny fraction of their single-family business.

After a mixed decision in the Fifth Circuit, it’s not clear how the SCOTUS will rule — especially with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 9.