The sector is shrinking thanks, in part, to the origination downturn and meager gains in mortgage debt outstanding.

Deliveries to the GSEs were down 7.0% in November compared with October.

The correspondent channel took market share from the retail channel in the conventional-conforming sector in the third quarter.

When it comes to MBS issuance, it was a third-place finish for Fannie Mae...

The median mortgage debt for this group of seniors is now $110,000...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a combined 11.7% increase in securitization of high-balance loans that exceeded the national baseline limit of $726,200 for one-unit mortgages during the third quarter.

Fitch rated $31.89 billion of non-agency MBS through the first nine months of 2023, which equaled 74.6% of total rated non-agency MBS issuance.

Among a group of large lenders, the broker share of the government-insured market declined to 20.4% in the third quarter, down from 21.2% in the second quarter.

The ECM sector’s share of total originations declined to 2.3% in the third quarter.

AGNC posted a hefty 19.4% increase in its agency MBS portfolio...