However, compared to Bank of America, Wells looked like a rock star. BofA produced just $13.4 billion of residential loans in the July-to-September period, an ugly 42.4% drop from the second quarter...
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.
In other words, in a market sized at roughly $2 trillion, and with total delinquencies measured at $218.9 billion (according to Ginnie’s website), the so called COVID-19 liquidity crisis never arrived...
Despite what looks like good news, Black Knight warned there are another 800Kforbearancesreaching the end of their initial six-month terms over the next 30 days...
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...
Payoff removals fell 0.4% from July to August, and by 2.8% for FHA loans. The VA program, which sees much heavier refinance activity, recorded a 1.9% increase in payoff removals, edging up to its highest level of the year.