Although six companies recorded quarterly increases in mortgage-banking earnings, three industry leaders posted huge declines and another nonbank posted a net loss.
Leaders at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac detailed how Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and new chairman at the GSEs, is influencing activity at the companies.
"Individual investor appetites wax and wane over time," but Ginnie isn't seeing a mass pullback in demand, according to Joseph Gormley, executive vice president at the agency.