The top jumbo originator in 2021? That would be Chase, with Wells Fargo a close second...

Some financiers reported usage rates below 30%...

Banks and thrifts generated $51.76 billion in interest income from MBS investment last year.

For the full year, the wholesale channel accounted for 15.0% of originations, correspondent 21.6%...

Based on trends from prior years, roughly $25.0 billion of mortgages above the 2021 conforming loan limit would have been expected to be delivered to Fannie and Freddie in January...

The year-over-year drop in production was almost across the board, with nearly 80% of the top 100 sellers showing declines in January...

As one veteran manager characterized it: “It is what it is.”

Mortgage banking firms were the largest part of the sample with 104 institutions.

Black Knight: "The decline in serious delinquencies has been slower than might be expected given the large number of borrowers who have exited forbearance"...

Fannie's net worth keeps climbing but its new CFO notes the MBS guarantor is "significantly" undercapitalized...