Through the first seven months of 2020, Ginnie issued $400.14 billion of single-family MBS, excluding deals backed by FHA reverse mortgages.

Meanwhile, Black Knight reported that an estimated 500,000 mortgage forbearance plans were set to expire at the end of July...

Altisource added: “We anticipate this short- to medium-term pressure on our default related businesses to continue with governmental forbearance programs and moratoriums temporarily preventing servicers from pursuing foreclosure of delinquent loans..."

But there was good news. Thanks to the origination boom, the company’s new insurance written jumped to $25.5 billion in 2Q20, a sequential gain of 52.7%.

Freddie recently closed on an $835 million Structured Agency Credit Risk deal that was originally sized at $735 million...

In 2Q20, Fannie and Freddie acquired $104.07 billion of loans with DTI ratios greater than 43%, up 40.9% from the previous quarter.

The Caliber CEO recommends patience in reopening offices, saying opting to wait has kept his employees safe from the surge of COVID-19 cases in Texas...

July pushed year-to-date issuance to a stunning $1.512 trillion. The market is on track to top $2.5 trillion by the time 2020 is over, which would smash the current annual record of $2.130 trillion set in 2003.

PennyMac posted a record profit in the second quarter and went on a hiring spree to support its origination and servicing activities.