Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued a combined $59.84 billion of MBS in July.

Closed-end seconds remained the most common type of home equity loans for securitization in the second quarter, accounting for 50.5% of issuance.

A group of 13 publicly traded nonbanks reported a combined $2.20 billion in mortgage-banking income for the second quarter, down 32.3% from the first quarter.

“Affordability deteriorated as mortgage rates moved higher through May and June,” said Varun Krishna, CEO of Rocket Companies.

Securitization of conforming jumbos increased at a faster rate than total GSE business in the second quarter.

A rise in purchase-mortgage volume wasn't enough to offset declining refi activity.

Spreads on the second-quarter issuance widened significantly compared with the prior deals issued by the GSEs.

MGIC had $17.75 billion in new insurance written in the second quarter, a 23.0% increase from the first quarter.

Between the end of March and the end of June, the GSEs' combined mortgage portfolios grew just 1.7%, to $313.62 billion.

A group of 26 banks reported $1.27 billion in mortgage earnings for the second quarter, up 3.8% from the first quarter.