The call-report figures generally track buyback trends documented by Fannie and Freddie, though the bank figures may include repurchases and indemnifications linked to other buyers.

NRIC’s mortgage banking affiliate, NewRez, funded $8.3 billion of residential loans in 2Q20, a sequential decline of 27.2%...

Mortgages with credit scores of 740 and up accounted for 72.69% of GSE refi business, up from 65.55% in the first quarter.

The mortgage sector, which has been saddled with pandemic-related forbearance issues, has fallen off the complaint curve...

Even loans that fall into the “other” category (portfolio and private-label loans mostly) dropped: 10.41% from 10.93% on July 5.

After overtaking Wells in the first quarter of 2020 as the top lender in the nation, Quicken widened its lead.

But all that’s out the window. Each week, rates are testing new lows...

The top five servicers saw a combined 2.8% drop in MSRs...

JPMorgan, in particular, was an origination laggard, funding $24.2 billion in home mortgages during the second quarter, a 13.8% decline from the first three months of the year.

The biggest gain in the government market was in VA loans, where quarterly volume was up 23.5%...