Conforming Jumbos Falter, Non-Agency Treads Water June 13, 2025 Brandon Ivey Agency securitization of high-balance loans declined by 46.0% on a quarterly basis to $8.70 billion in the first quarter of 2025.Read More
CrossCountry Wins Close Race on Correspondent Sales in 2024 June 12, 2025 Namrata Bhatia CrossCountry sold 37.8% of its production to unaffiliated non-agency buyers in 2024.Read More
Subservicing Volume Increases Somewhat in First Quarter June 11, 2025 Paul Muolo Subservicers handled monthly processing work on 27.9% of outstanding residential loans as of the end of March.Read More
Servicing Income Returns to Earth in First Quarter June 10, 2025 John Bancroft Rithm Capital eked out a $28.9 million profit on servicing in the first quarter, but that was down by more than $1 billion from the prior period.Read More
Green Shoots for GSE MBS Issuance. However... June 9, 2025 Paul Muolo The GSEs lost share to FHA and bank portfolios. Freddie Mac accounted for almost all of the decline.Read More
It’s Late Spring and Mortgage Hiring Is Muted June 9, 2025 Paul Muolo Unfortunately, the federal government’s figures offer no breakdown on production and servicing-related mortgage jobs.Read More
Retail Share of Originations Ticks Down in First Quarter June 6, 2025 Brandon Ivey The first three months of 2025 marked the third consecutive quarter in which the retail channel accounted for less than 50% of total originations.Read More
Jumbo Share of Originations Increases in First Quarter June 4, 2025 Brandon Ivey An estimated $49.0 billion of non-agency jumbos were originated in the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Second-Level MBS Issuance by GSEs Slows in First Quarter June 3, 2025 John Bancroft Supers MBS repackage smaller securities with similar characteristics to make management of the assets more efficient.Read More
Cost Cutting Is Over? Nope, Not Yet June 2, 2025 Paul Muolo The Garrett, McAuley & Co. consulting firm believes the home-lending industry "probably needs to cut costs even more.”Read More
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