While banks and foreign investors have increased their holdings of agency MBS in recent quarters, the Federal Reserve continued to buy over half of net new issuance during the second quarter. (Includes three data charts.)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac posted significant gains in single-family business in the second quarter, but Ginnie was relatively flat and the non-agency servicing market continued to shrink. (Includes two data charts.)

A number of companies gained market share in government lending during the second quarter as the industry leaders, Freedom Mortgage and PennyMac, reported declining production. (Includes data chart.)

Among a group of jumbo lenders that report originations by channel, the broker share increased to 7.0% in the second quarter from 1.6% in the first quarter. The increase in market share was largely tied to United Wholesale Mortgage.

New issuance of rated non-agency MBS was up strongly from the first to the second quarter and all five rating services upped new business. But new issuance of rated ABS was down slightly, and competition intensified. (Includes two data charts.)

Most top home-equity lenders reported increased production levels in the second quarter. But retained portfolios of HELOCs and closed-end seconds continued to shrink. (Includes three data charts.)

It doesn’t happen often (the last time was more than 15 years ago), but Freddie bested Fannie in single-family MBS issuance in August. Freddie saw big gains in multi-lender swap and guarantor business. (Includes two data charts.)

United Wholesale ranked as the top conventional-conforming lender thanks to its dominant wholesale-broker platform. The company made a splash in the surging jumbo sector. (Includes two data charts.)

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae all securitized a higher proportion of loans in their respective markets during the second quarter, but non-agency securitization rates benefited more from a surge in new lending. (Includes data chart.)

Originations of non-agency jumbos set an all-time record in the second quarter, but securitization of conforming-jumbo loans by Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie was down. (Includes three data charts.)