Rocket Mortgage’s deliveries ebbed 3.4% from July, to $7.76 billion, but its edge over United Wholesale Mortgage expanded as the latter saw a 13.1% monthly decline in GSE sales to $5.81 billion.
Under the draft revisions to the FHA handbook, FHA would accept the property condition and quality ratings scale used by the government-sponsored enterprises.
“Margins this quarter were impacted by competitive pricing within the industry, especially with larger mortgage originators, better pricing on new deals and a higher proportional mix of larger clients with lower risk-adjusted pricing relative to the prior quarter,” said Kevin Comps, president and secretary of Northpointe Bank.