Among the top 100 lenders, banks accounted for 30.9% of originations in the second quarter, up from a 29.9% share in the first quarter.

Chase increased the agency MBS in its trading accounts by $11.20 billion during the second quarter, boosting its total to $86.52 billion.

GSE-related buybacks increased by 2.3% on a quarterly basis.

In the conventional-conforming sector, the securitization rate rose to 71.4% from 68.8% as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac churned out new MBS faster than the market was making new loans.

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Fitch and DBRS weathered the sharp drop in rated non-agency MBS issuance better than their competitors.

Overall, banks and thrifts held $2.491 trillion of first-lien mortgages at the end of June, up 0.7% from March.

Freddie MBS represented 3.7% of the collateral backing Fannie Supers in the second quarter, the highest level of commingling since the GSEs imposed new fees on such activity a year ago.

Brokers saw the biggest sequential increase in FHA/VA business, with volume up 59.1% from the first quarter to $13.35 billion.

Retail lending accounted for 85.9% of jumbo originations in the first half of 2023, among a group of prominent lenders surveyed by Inside Nonconforming Markets.