The nation’s warehouse providers ended the second quarter with $67.0 billion of commitments on their books, a 6.3 percent sequential gain and an increase of 8.1 percent from a year ago, according to exclusive survey figures from Inside Mortgage Finance. [Includes one data chart.]

Silvergate Bank is actively providing warehouse lines of credit to non-QM lenders and we understand that Comerica is now sticking its toe in the water…

Wedbush estimates that originations will fall by 8.0 percent this year…

Through the first eight months of the year, Ginnie issuance was down 11.0 percent...

The CMBS transactions with the highest potential exposure are collateralized by shopping malls and office properties in Northern Virginia...

Flagstar Bank and Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing had significant increases in their jumbo servicing portfolios over the past year…

Annaly may use the proceeds to fund additional acquisitions of mortgage servicing rights…

One lender confessed: “I think we’ve been too accepting of credit problems and we are going to start pulling back now…”

As one source put it: “Blackstone wants you to make it big or you’re gone.”

During the second quarter Redwood deployed $40.0 million in customized financing for nonbanks…