Time to celebrate: Annual agency MBS issuance rose 10.1% from 2020 to a record $3.471 trillion in 2021.

The top five ARM lenders through the first nine months of 2021: Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, First Republic and Citigroup...

A significant factor was the entry of Western Alliance Bank into mortgage banking after its acquisition of nonbank AmeriHome Mortgage...

Squarely in the bullish camp: originators of non-qualified mortgages...

Moody’s Investors Service posted a hefty 47.7% increase in non-agency MBS ratings to $20.87 billion, tops in the market for the third quarter.

“We see this slowdown as a temporary consequence of the holidays, not as an indication that homebuyer demand is backing off,” said Redfin Deputy Chief economist Taylor Marr.

GAO found that between fiscal years 2016 and 2020, a mere 0.07% of mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were made to borrowers without credit scores.

Meanwhile, wholesale lending posted a hefty 46.4% increase in the jumbo market, though it still accounted for just 9.2% of that segment...

Fed researchers found that a one-standard-deviation increase in market share led to an 18% reduction in mortgage complaints against nonbanks...

As of September, 2021 already represented the highest annual buyback total — which includes indemnifications as well as repurchases — since 2014.