GSEs Add to Mortgage Portfolios During Second Quarter August 5, 2025 Dennis Hollier Mortgage portfolios at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased steadily throughout 2024 before declining during the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Earnings Hold Steady at Onity in Second Quarter August 5, 2025 Paul Muolo Onity valued its owned MSR book at 144 basis points at midyear 2025.Read More
June — A Somewhat Decent Month for Mortgage Hiring August 4, 2025 Paul Muolo The mortgage employment breakdowns from the BLS, as a rule, are never controversial.Read More
Depositories Eke Out Small Gain in Mortgage-Banking Income August 4, 2025 John Bancroft A key factor for some banks appeared to be a sharp decline in provisioning for credit losses.Read More
Large Servicers See Portfolios Shrink in Second Quarter August 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey Market share for the top five firms in owned servicing slipped from 39.5% of the top-50 market at the end of March to 39.2% as of the end of June.Read More
Self-Employed Borrowers Helping to Fuel Expanded-Credit MBS July 31, 2025 Abby Zimmardi Expanded-credit MBS issuance with loans to self-employed borrowers increased by 45.3% during the second quarter.Read More
Spec Pool Share of GSE MBS Issuance Down in 2Q July 30, 2025 John Bancroft Much of the downturn was in pools with high concentrations of loans that accomplish GSE missions and other social goals.Read More
A Nice 2Q Profit for Rithm, But GOS Declines July 28, 2025 Paul Muolo At June 30, Rithm's owned mortgage servicing rights totaled $593.0 billion.Read More
FHA Late Payments Inch Up at Mid-Year July 28, 2025 Emmeline Willey Lakeview, the largest servicer of FHA loans in Ginnie MBS, had 3.5% of these mortgages in the 90-plus-day category.Read More
Originations Up 13.3% in First Half of 2025 July 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey The spring homebuying season and some refinance activity helped to boost production thus far this year.Read More
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