On Friday, Black Knight Financial released its forbearance tally, finding a 121,000 unit decline for the seven-day period ending Nov. 13.

No press release on Freddie's website regarding Brickman's resignation. Why?

Though jumbo volume remained stable, the sector lost market share as the conventional refinance business continued to boom.

As of the end of October, Ginnie issuers had produced $615.55 billion of new single-family MBS, well over the highest total for a full year set in 2019 at $498.33 billion.

But looming delinquencies are definitely a concern...

Year-to-date production, $1.852 trillion as of Halloween, was up 131.5% from last year. It’s a foregone conclusion that Fannie and Freddie this month will top the current $1.912 trillion annual record for GSE MBS issuance set back in 2003.

Quicken is an active and major player in the Ginnie Mae EBO game as well...

The fix-and-flip lender relaunched production in September but doesn't expect originations to return to pre-COVID levels until the second quarter of 2021.

The refinance business for private MIs fell 11.0% from the second to the third quarter, dropping to 30.6% of their production. Still, that’s well above historic norms...

Gripes about mortgage applications hit a historical high, jumping 29.9% sequentially to 1,609 in 3Q20. The nine-month reading registered a stunning 124.6% spike year-over-year.