Thanks to the economic carnage caused by the pandemic, interest rates continue to drift lower, with some originators offering 30-year FRMs at under 3.0% and 15-year mortgages below 2.0%.

Through the first seven months of 2020, Ginnie issued $400.14 billion of single-family MBS, excluding deals backed by FHA reverse mortgages.

Meanwhile, Black Knight reported that an estimated 500,000 mortgage forbearance plans were set to expire at the end of July...

Altisource added: “We anticipate this short- to medium-term pressure on our default related businesses to continue with governmental forbearance programs and moratoriums temporarily preventing servicers from pursuing foreclosure of delinquent loans..."

In 2Q20, Fannie and Freddie acquired $104.07 billion of loans with DTI ratios greater than 43%, up 40.9% from the previous quarter.

July pushed year-to-date issuance to a stunning $1.512 trillion. The market is on track to top $2.5 trillion by the time 2020 is over, which would smash the current annual record of $2.130 trillion set in 2003.

PennyMac posted a record profit in the second quarter and went on a hiring spree to support its origination and servicing activities.

Investment bankers point to the obvious: Bid prices are hardly enticing, especially with 30-year fixed-rate loans being offered at 3.0% or less...