Bank and thrift holdings of Ginnie Mae MBS rose 5.0% in the first quarter and investment in agency CMOs increased 3.4% from the end of 2019.

At an estimated $106 billion, wholesale-broker production represented 15.8% of first-lien originations in early 2020, the sector’s biggest share since the financial meltdown...

Overall, the jumbo origination share fell to 11.9% in the first quarter from 14.1% in 4Q19...

According to figures compiled by Black Knight, 4.7 million homeowners are in forbearance plans...

A year ago, IRRRL activity totaled just $1.99 billion. In the first three months of 2020, it rocketed to $42.01 billion.

Combined, the two companies would have $310.5 billion of MSRs, ranking 10th overall, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

PennyMac Financial Services said margins were helped by reduced competition due to tighter underwriting standards as some firms suspended lending activities altogether...

The biggest surge was in the Ginnie Mae program, where 818,657 loans were classified as 30- to 60-days past due as of the end of April, or 7.02% of the overall Ginnie portfolio. That was up 352,397 loans from the end of March.

According to figures compiled by Inside Mortgage Finance, consumers owe $11.168 trillion on their first liens. If the new MBA forbearance reading is applied to that number, $883.3 billion of mortgages are in need of assistance, temporary or otherwise.