Roughly $4.0 billion, or 72.7 percent, of Nationstar's production came through its consumer direct channel. Purchase loans represented 24 percent of originations.
At the recent annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association, trade group chief Dave Stevens said originators are being discouraged from lending to some first-time homebuyers.
Through the first nine months of 2016, Freddie Mac earned $2.97 billion. It lost $354 million in 1Q and then turned around and posted a $993 million profit in the second quarter.