Mortgage originations through banks’ retail channel increased by 17.2% from the first quarter to the second. Mortgage sale activity was also up, by 6.7%. (Includes two data tables.)

Proprietary reverse-mortgage originations are hitting record highs, helping boost lender production during a spring slowdown.

The retail channel gained market share in second-quarter agency securitizations as purchase mortgages rose sharply. Credit quality deteriorated slightly. (Includes data table.)

By prohibiting its affiliate brokers from sending loans to Rocket Mortgage, United Wholesale Mortgage induced price cuts by brokers not covered by its exclusivity agreements.

Mortgage originations declined across the three major production channels in the first quarter of 2026. Pennymac reported a 32.8% drop in conventional-conforming volume through correspondents. (Includes two data tables.)

Florida-based GO Mortgage believes its mix of strong technology and personal touch will differentiate the lender from giants in the wholesale channel.

Origna8 is providing brokers a platform that can be used for lead generation, agentic-AI marketing, lender relationship management and data analytics.

Deliveries of retail mortgages to the agencies were boosted by an increase in refinances in the wake of lower mortgage rates in the first quarter of 2026. (Includes two data tables.)

A new study found that using real estate agent-referred lenders not only increases borrowing costs for homebuyers but also shifts the burden of those costs disproportionately to the most vulnerable households.

Wholesale and retail lenders expanded their mortgage production more than correspondent aggregators in the origination boomlet that took shape during the final quarter of 2025. (Includes two data tables.)