As for competitive bids, that's a different matter entirely...

The top three sellers to Fannie and Freddie in August: Quicken Loans, Wells Fargo and United Wholesale Mortgage.

On Friday, Black Knight issued its relief tally: 3.7 million mortgagors in forbearance as of Sept. 8, down 66,000 units for the week. The data analytics firm noted that 2 million forbearance  plans are set to expire this month.

MBA: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic and immediate impact on lodging and retail properties, which flowed through to the underlying mortgages...

However, some lender/servicers stand out with higher retention rates. Quicken is one of them...

MSR values sank over 34% during the first seven months of 2020, according to a July update from Mike Carnes, managing director of MSR valuations at MIAC Analytics.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued $321.83 billion of single-family MBS last month, according to an Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.

New home-equity lending declined by 14% in the second quarter while refi lending boomed.

Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Chase ranked first, second and third, respectively, in terms of ARM lending in the second quarter. All are megabanks...

MBA's Mike Fratantoni: “The share of Ginnie Mae loans in forbearance increased again ... as the current economic crisis continues to disproportionately impact borrowers with FHA and VA loans."