Agency MSR transfers declined by 27.5% in the fourth quarter, to $219.05 billion

The dollar volume of mortgages going to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac declined by 47.3% compared with 2022.

"What Fannie and Freddie and the FHFA should be doing is trying to convince Congress it’s time to get them out of conservatorship," said James Lockhart, the former director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Mandatory use of FICO Score 10 T with the government-sponsored enterprises isn't scheduled until the third quarter.

A coalition including Climate Nexus, the American Lung Association, the Sierra Club and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy weighed in on GSE policy.

Buybacks from the GSEs declined by 29.0% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter.

A coalition of most of the major mortgage industry participants says FHFA and the GSEs should be more transparent about how they assessed and validated the new credit score models.

A growing number of homeowners are looking to sell as interest rates decline.

Ginnie continued to set the pace as its single-family servicing grew by 2.4% in the third quarter.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council pointed to systemic issues if nonbank servicers fail.