The general consensus is that this new loan-level price adjustment will not be killed outright but very well could be moved back by at least 60 days from its current Sept. 1 implementation date. This would allow lenders facing rate-lock hits to avoid financial damage…

Among the largest servicers, delinquencies increased sharply for some and actually declined for others. However, the differences are tied to how servicers classify mortgages in forbearance...

For the third consecutive quarter, VA production exceeded FHA activity – and the margin widened significantly...

In the PIMCO deal, the loans have seasoned for an average of 14 months and 21.7% of borrowers are on forbearance/deferral plans.

Most of the gain was in agency mortgage securities, which rose $82.6 billion to $2.148 trillion...

Production of deals backed by commercial real estate loans fell 27.9% in the second quarter...

In a nutshell, retail lenders gorged on refis: Roughly 62.8% of refi loans securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae during the second quarter came through the channel...

Gain-on-sale margins went through the roof in the second quarter for all involved...

CBO, in a report that received little notice, based its estimates on a variety of assumptions about the companies’ retained earnings, capital requirements and more...

Retail-originated refi production was particularly strong at the GSEs, climbing 160.5% from the first to the second quarter. By contrast, deliveries of retail refi loans rose 30.5% at Ginnie Mae, where total MBS issuance increased more modestly...