An 18.05% year-over-year increase in home prices means Fannie and Freddie will be able to purchase loans as high as $970,080 in 2022.

MBA's Marina Walsh noted, “Per-loan production expenses continued to rise for the fifth consecutive quarter, reaching the second-highest level ever reported.”

Call-report data suggest the industry saw gains on both servicing and loan sales...

Caps for GSE loans could jump by as much as 19%.

A GR LO cracks the $2 billion mark in originations. Are there others out there?

Wholesale-broker platforms posted the biggest increase, with volume up 1.6% to an estimated $186 billion...

Mortgage originations held steady despite an uptick in interest rates.

Market watchers believe the activity was driven, in part, by exceptional home price appreciation and more interest in the sector among lenders.

Also, because Thompson is a Democratic appointee, she likely is leaning toward the option of using the government-sponsored enterprises to improve the lot of low-income borrowers.

One East Coast financier said his bank is seeing several 2022 line renewals at “the same level as this year” and just one reduction overall.