Ten years ago, as the nation’s housing market began to hit the skids, Wells Fargo ruled the lending roost with JPMorgan not too far behind. Today, in terms of origination rank, the top dogs still dominate the origination business, but their grip on the totem pole is tenuous at best.
Ginnie Mae is considering three possible initiatives that would meet issuers’ needs that are not fully accommodated under its mortgage-backed securities program.
Lenders have become even more pessimistic about profitability and consumer demand for mortgage credit, according to Fannie Mae’s most recent lender sentiment survey.
Commercial banks and thrifts repurchased $732.9 million of single-family mortgages during the first quarter of 2018, a 6.9 percent decline from the previous period, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call report data. [Includes one data chart.]
Citadel, one of the earliest entrants to the new expanded-credit market, funded $295.0 million of loans in the first quarter, a 19.4 percent sequential increase…
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