Refinance activity continued to drive Fannie/Freddie MBS issuance, but purchase-mortgage activity has still not caught fire...

n the first quarter, the top three HECM originators (American Advisors Group, Reverse Mortgage Funding and Finance of America Mortgage) accounted for $1.04 billion, or 26.8%, of total production…

The declines were fairly consistent across most of the major correspondent platforms.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, consumers owe roughly $11.168 trillion on their home mortgages, which (based on the MBA measurement) means $947.1 billion in residential debt is at risk.

The revival included first-time EC MBS issuers as well...

Timing is everything. The majority of the loans, 63.0%, went into forbearance status in April and many of these borrowers may have already made their May payment.

The supply of single-family MBS issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae grew another 1.4% in the first quarter, hitting $7.134 trillion.

And the good news? The company is once again originating (after suspending production in the spring) but only for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA/VA products.

The top-five origination tally for 1Q20: Nonbanks 3, Depositories 2...

Most of Freddie’s buyback claims end up being withdrawn by the GSE. A substantial share of Freddie’s loan purchases are underwritten through Fannie’s automated underwriting platform, but not all of the Desktop Underwriter extended services are available if the loan is sold to Freddie.