Growth at Lakeview and Chase Home Finance finally toppled Wells Fargo as the largest agency servicer.

Both the FHA and VA programs saw increases, but the bulk of the growth in Ginnie issuance in the third quarter came from FHA loans.

The structured finance market produced $396.17 billion of new issuance in the third quarter, down 4.5% from the second quarter.

Buydowns are concentrated on GSE mortgages with coupons of between 5.0% and 6.5%...

The top three issuers of non-agency MBS in 3Q23: JPMorgan Chase, Onslow Bay Financial and Invictus Capital...

Unless mortgage rates begin declining, lenders and brokers alike will shed additional jobs...

Mortgage lenders delivered $282.16 billion of first-lien home loans into the agency secondary market during the third quarter of 2023, a modest 2.3% increase from the prior period, according to a new ranking and analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Banks and thrifts held $44.06 billion of mortgages for sale as of the end of June, up 8.1% from the end of March.

The amount of mortgages nonbanks originated in California in 2022 was more than double the volume in the second-ranked state.

Among the top 100 lenders, banks accounted for 30.9% of originations in the second quarter, up from a 29.9% share in the first quarter.