In August, Two Harbors Investment recorded a litigation settlement expense of $175.1 million tied to a lawsuit filed by the former external manager of the REIT.

“Treasury is focused on ensuring that modernization of our capital framework ends the arbitrage that drives bank lending to nonbanks,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The amount of mortgage servicing rights available for sale declined during the third quarter of 2025.

Residential mortgage originations declined by 2.0% on a quarterly basis in the third quarter of 2025.

“A dampened summer home-buying market weighed down PrimeLending’s operating results,” said Jeremy Ford, chairman, president and CEO of Hilltop Holdings, which owns the mortgage lender.

Investor demand is fueling issuance of MBS and ABS to record levels without declines in underwriting standards.

The firms have issued a number of expanded-credit mortgage-backed securities.

Popular, a bank based in Puerto Rico, stopped originating mortgages in the continental U.S. at the end of the third quarter.

The press release announcing Priscilla Almodovar’s immediate departure from Fannie didn’t include an explanation of the move.

Total outstanding balance of single-family mortgages in Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities increased by 2.2% from the end of June to $2.65 trillion as of the end of September.