Correspondent, however, is below its former glories in the government-insured market...

Although the central bank this week announced new plans to scale back growth in its holdings, it added $175.27 billion in 3Q21...

Federally insured depositories reported $54.71 billion of closed-end second mortgages on their books, down 3.3%.

Also, several shops are aggressively marketing to their servicing customers, pitching cash-out refis.

Originations of conventional-conforming and government-insured mortgages declined by 4.5% during 3Q21...

The biggest issue for the sector rests on the future of market leader Cenlar FSB, which in October was sanctioned by the OCC...

Wells Fargo repurchased $46.0 million of residential loans during the third quarter, tops among all depositories...

Figures gathered by the Mortgage Bankers Association suggest that production and secondary marketing income rose on a per-loan basis even though production efficiency was off.

REIT investments in non-agency MBS fell 1.0% during the third quarter.

In 3Q21, Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie securitized $77.94 billion of agency-jumbo loans made to borrowers in high-cost markets, a 3.9% decline from the previous period.