With production coming down, lenders shifted to riskier borrowers to some extent.

Small and mid-sized nonbanks saw their share of GSE servicing increase to 16.7% during the third reporting period of the year.

Mortgage-related complaints received by the bureau were up 3.7% on a quarterly basis.

Among a group of 25 publicly traded banks, earnings were down 12.0% from the first quarter, with wide dispersion in performance at individual banks.

An estimated $490.0 billion of first-lien mortgages were originated in the third quarter, down 15.5% from the second quarter, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Purchase-mortgage volume increased from the second quarter and refi business dropped.

The top two GSE sellers — on both quarterly and year-to-date bases — remain Rocket Mortgage and United Wholesale Mortgage.

Rocket Mortgage, the largest agency servicer and a nonbank, went the other way, reducing its portfolio during the quarter.

Much of the increase was from prime jumbos.