Rocket Mortgage recently completed its one millionth e-closing transaction, an executive with the lender said last month during a Ginnie Mae podcast on digital collateral in the government mortgage market.

Loan removals from Ginnie MBS declined nearly 10% from the second to the third quarter, with the sharpest drop in buyouts of delinquent loans. (Includes data chart.)

Securitization of modified loans was a significant factor in the FHA reclaiming its traditional role as top guarantor of loans in new Ginnie MBS. PennyMac and Wells Fargo dominate the loan-mod sector. (Includes four data charts.)

Sales of FHA and VA loans into Ginnie MBS, both purchase mortgages and refinances, fell in August. But some issuers gained share in an ebbing market. (Includes two data charts.)

The FHA received some help from reperforming loans that had COVID payment forbearance, but the VA has also seen a sharp decline in refinance business. (Includes two data charts.)

The industry has mixed views on the new capital proposals from Ginnie Mae. But one thing is clear: The standards only apply to nonbanks.

The move will allow Ginnie issuers to offer loan modifications that carry a lower monthly payment than the current 30-year term. Also, the agency can test the waters for such a product in the secondary market.

A shift away from refinancing to purchase-mortgage lending played to the FHA's strengths as the program came close to reclaiming top-dog status in the government market. (Includes two data charts.)

While the VA program still accounted for over half of the loans sold into Ginnie MBS in April, the FHA saw a significantly bigger increase in monthly volume. Freedom Mortgage held onto the top spot among Ginnie issuers despite a slowdown in production. (Includes two data charts.)

Gate House Strategies, which features former FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery as one of its founding members, will focus on FHA/Ginnie Mae/HUD and Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac policy issues. The Collingwood Group V2?