JMP said it sounds like “these actions” by the GSEs “primarily targeted nonbank wholesale channel lenders, of which UWM [United Wholesale Mortgage] and HMPT are among the largest.”

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The agency noted, “A few servicers were outliers, reporting relatively higher average time to answer and abandonment rates.”

Overall, Wells Fargo continued to post the biggest earnings of the group...

The mostly wholesale originator (71.8% of production) funded $25.5 million in loans during the April-to-June period, down 13.5% sequentially.

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United Wholesale Mortgage remained the top seller of broker loans with $41.07 billion during the second quarter, a 2.5% drop from 1Q21.

The two GSEs securitized $98.14 billion of refi loans in July, the lowest monthly volume since March of last year, when the Federal Reserve sparked a massive refi market by pushing interest rates to record lows.