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.

The MSRs are top heavy with California product at 44%...

Mortgage credit supply in August fell to its lowest level in six year, driven by a reduction in supply from both conventional and government segments t, according to a recent tally by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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.

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."

Fannie Mae, for one, believes the proposal could prompt a 20 bp increase in g-fees.

That leaves the supervision of these cloud contractors up to Fannie and Freddie themselves.

With four months still to go, 2020 already ranks as the second-highest year ever for Fannie/Freddie single-family business.

If the LLPA is passed to consumers as a charge at consummation, lenders will have to disclose the added cost as an “origination charge” on the loan estimate and closing disclosure.