The highest year-over-year gains were reported in Phoenix (12.7%), Seattle (11.7%), and San Diego (11.6%). Meanwhile, New York (6.0%), Chicago (6.3%) and Las Vegas (6.4%) lagged behind...

Still, the overall share of ARMs is declining. The loans accounted for 7.5% of first-lien originations in the first nine months compared to 10.8% for full year 2019.

Prepayments outpaced new production, prompting a decline in jumbo servicing volume.

FHA/VA originations through the correspondent channel increased by 48.5% during the third quarter, bringing the channel's market share to 31.3%.

The figures come from a variety of lenders that generated $570.6 billion of home loans during the third quarter, roughly half the market.

The combined market for Fannie and Freddie single-family MBS grew 3.7% in the third quarter and a hefty 9.5% over the past year.

A boon to subservicers: small- to medium-sized lenders hanging onto their MSRs...

Forbearance requests from FHA/VA borrowers reached their highest level since the week ending June 14, MBA said...

Among the top 50 nonbank sellers in 2020, six companies have increased their GSE sales more than tenfold: CrossCountry Mortgage, Better.com, Everett Financial, Draper and Kramer, NFM and PRMG.

Although early-payment delinquency rates were up across the board, they remained significantly lower than six months ago.