Home Equity Loan Securitization Slows in Second Quarter August 19, 2025 Brandon Ivey Issuance declined by 17.8% compared with the first quarter.Read More
Once Again, Servicing Aids Publicly Traded NBs August 18, 2025 John Bancroft In the second quarter, servicing clearly changed things at United Wholesale and Rocket Mortgage.Read More
Short Takes: A Pricing Advantage? / Warehouse Challenges / Debt Sales / Betting on the Fed / NYSE Texas? August 18, 2025 Paul Muolo One source told us: “The supply/demand for warehouse credit is out of whack,” but added: “This happens at times”Read More
Private MI Activity Rises With Purchase Mortgages in 2Q August 15, 2025 John Bancroft Private MI covered 16.4% of new mortgage production in the second quarter.Read More
Newrez Tops SPS in Non-Agency MBS Servicing Additions in 2Q August 14, 2025 Abby Zimmardi Newrez once again overtook Select Portfolio Servicing during the second quarter of 2025 in terms of new servicing tied to non-agency MBS.Read More
Ginnie MBS Issuance Down in July as Refi Business Slows August 13, 2025 Emmeline Willey The flow of refinances declined 21.5% on a monthly basis to $8.90 billion in July.Read More
Agency MBS Issuance Down Almost 6% in July August 11, 2025 John Bancroft Among the top 10 agency MBS issuers in July, just one was owned by a federally insured depository: Amerihome.Read More
Time to Worry About FHA Lates? Just Maybe... August 11, 2025 Emmeline Willey Key point: Although 30-day lates make up 2.1% of all mortgages, 38% of that is comprised of FHA mortgages.Read More
FHA Gains Purchase-Mortgage Share in Second Quarter August 8, 2025 Brandon Ivey Some $54.47 billion of FHA purchase mortgages were included in Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issued in the second quarter, up 28.9% from the previous quarter.Read More
Mortgage Servicing Complaints to CFPB Decline in 2Q August 7, 2025 Shannon Clark Servicing was the only mortgage category to see a quarterly drop in complaints.Read More