Issuance of non-agency MBS backed by newly originated mortgages increased by 34.2% on a quarterly basis in the first quarter of 2026. (Includes data tables.)
Conforming jumbo mortgage volume delivered into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS fell on a quarterly basis in the first quarter, but activity was up for investment-property and second-home mortgages. (Includes data table.)
Deliveries of conforming jumbos to the GSEs increased during the fourth quarter of 2025, though volume was down for the full year. (Includes data table.)
Production of adjustable-rate mortgages declined slightly during the third quarter of 2025, but were up 40.7% through the first nine months of the year.
Both the correspondent and broker channels picked up some market share from the retail channel in the third quarter of 2025. At Chase, the largest nonconforming retail lender among a group of 38 lenders, retail volume was up 1.6% during the third quarter. (Includes two data tables.)
Retail lending among lenders in the analysis declined sharply during the first quarter while the correspondent and broker channels posted more modest declines in nonconforming production. (Includes two data tables.)
ARMs accounted for 12.1% of total residential mortgage originations in the first quarter of 2025, down more than a full percentage point compared with the previous quarter. Still, production of the loans was up from the first quarter of 2024. (Includes data table.)