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

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.

It was the first time that purchase-mortgage business represented the biggest source of new FHA/VA lending since the third quarter of 2019...

The top three banks in MBS holdings: Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Charles Schwab...

The conventional-conforming market, which is dominated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accounted for 70.9% of first-lien originations through the first nine months of 2021.

Still, all three channels saw declines in refinance loans and rising purchase-money mortgage sales.

Some 62% of mortgagors said they preferred a mobile notary when they closed...

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The firm estimates its gain-on-sale margin improved to as high as 197 basis points in 3Q compared to 162 bps in the second quarter.

Production was down in both non-agency CMBS and agency multifamily MBS...