The company measured its economic return at 9.3% in the third quarter...

One busy seller of mortgage servicing rights was CMG Mortgage of San Ramon, CA...

Sales of MSRs have been slow, but some owners of MSRs could decide to unload a portion of their holdings...

The increase in the use of primary MI during the third quarter was sharpest in refinances.

Noncore products are loans in which the non-agency market competes with the GSEs.

Some $93.98 billion of non-agency MBS was issued year-to-date through September, putting the market on track for its best year since 2021.

Ginnie issuers securitized $15.61 billion of refis through the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program in the third quarter, a 68.5% increase from the prior period.

Non-agency MBS issuance backed by new originations totaled $20.15 billion in the third quarter, up 17.7% from the previous quarter.

Total servicing tied to agency single-family mortgage-backed securities rose to $9.004 trillion as of the end of September.

Some $189.08 billion of loans with insurance coverage were included in agency MBS issued in the third quarter, a 13.6% increase from the prior period.