Both purchase-mortgage volume and refinances declined on a monthly basis in February.

United Wholesale Mortgage's agency MBS issuance declined by 6.5% on a monthly basis in February while Rocket Mortgage's volume was down 16.5%.

Earnings slipped by 6.6% on an annual basis in 2025 among 11 publicly traded nonbank mortgage companies.

The retail channel accounted for 51.3% of first-lien mortgage originations in 2025, up from 50.6% in 2024, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Finance.

The correspondent share of mortgage originations shrank in 2025, with retail picking up most of the slack. Both channels remained well ahead of the wholesale channel. (Includes six data tables.)

The GSEs started issuing credit risk transfer transactions in 2013.

Refi guarantees in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ home loan program more than doubled during the fourth quarter.

Securitization volume of home equity loans increased by 5.8% on a sequential basis to $10.62 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Some $401.0 billion of nonconforming mortgages were originated in 2025.

Banks had $2.82 trillion of servicing for others at the end of 2025, down 0.6% from the end of September.