the good news: Mortgage servicers so far have been advancing principal and interest on missed payments to the secondary markets...

Securitization of purchase loans rose 16.2% from July to August, including an 18.2% increase in VA loans. FHA still accounted for the biggest share of government-insured purchase loans, 53.0% last month.

TD Bank and Charles Schwab continued to dominate the sector, accounting for a combined 45.2% of industry ABS holdings despite pulling back somewhat during the pandemic-stricken second quarter.

It may seem hard to believe, but the high level of impairments hasn't prompted material losses on MBS, at least not yet...

The nonbank mortgage giant also offered a 3Q gain-on-sale estimate of 405 basis points to 430 bps. In the second quarter, its GOS came to a mouth-watering 519 bps.

Lenders are minting money these days, servicers not so much...

With four months still to go, 2020 already ranks as the second-highest year ever for Fannie/Freddie single-family business.

If the LLPA is passed to consumers as a charge at consummation, lenders will have to disclose the added cost as an “origination charge” on the loan estimate and closing disclosure.

Commercial banks and thrifts posted a whopping $5.62 billion in net income from their mortgage banking operations during the second quarter.

The $100 million securitization consists of bridge loans for both owner-occupied and business-purpose properties.