A former aide to Sen. Walter Mondale, Johnson – operating the company in the wake of the nation’s savings and loan crisis – recognized early on that Fannie’s future would hinge on conducting more business with  nonbank lenders...

Quicken takes another trip to the repo well...

Might GSE seller/servicers see changes in LLPAs during the coming months? Stay tuned... 

The previous record, $895.31 billion, was set in the third quarter of 2003.

The reason for the decline: Many borrowers saw their forbearance plans expire because they did not contact their servicer. At least, that’s what MBA concluded.

The overall number of loans declined as borrowers whose loans were not in forbearance took advantage of low interest rates to refinance. Ultimately, Fannie’s net forbearance rate only declined about 1.0% in June, WFS said.

At the same time, sales of refi loans in the highest-risk category fell 5.0%. Such loans have LTVs of 81% to 97% and FICO scores of 620 to 699.

Despite what looks like good news, Black Knight warned there are another 800K forbearances reaching the end of their initial six-month terms over the next 30 days...

MBA also urged the regulator to create guardrails to prevent any individual shareholder from gaining control of Fannie and Freddie after they’ve exited conservatorship…

The agencies securitized almost $592 billion of single-family refi loans, a 17.8% increase from 2Q. Refis accounted for 64.7% of the market during the third quarter. However, purchase-mortgage activity increased more in percentage terms...