Issuance of expanded-credit mortgages declined by 4.8% on a quarterly basis in the second quarter, with purchase-mortgage volume down. (Includes three data charts.)
Although the growth curve flattened a bit in 2025, production of loans with terms of two years or less increased by 15% last year. (Includes one data table.)
Production of adjustable-rate mortgages in the first quarter of 2026 totaled $79.00 billion, down 16.0% from the fourth quarter of 2025. (Includes one data table.)
Non-agency originations of higher-priced mortgages declined to $32.29 billion in 2025. The loans accounted for just 1.7% of total originations last year. (Includes two 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.)