Purchase mortgages and refinances in the highest loan-to-value ratio category accounted for a greater share of mortgages delivered to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the first quarter of 2026. (Includes two data tables.)
Repurchase and indemnification activity at banks and thrifts declined by 10.9% from the third to the fourth quarter of 2025. Though for the full year, repurchases increased by 4.8% compared with 2024. (Includes data table.)
The total delinquency rate on loans in agency MBS reached 3.71% at the end of 2025. The last time delinquencies were at that level was early 2021 as the market was recovering from the impact of the pandemic. (Includes data table.)
SoFi Bank posted an 18.2% quarterly increase in retail lending in the third quarter, while the market as a whole contracted. The bank is looking to cross-sell mortgages to its customers. (Includes two data tables.)
Banks and thrifts had a combined $2.49 billion of mortgage-banking income in the third quarter. Western Alliance Bank stood out, more than doubling its earnings from the second quarter. (Includes data table.)
The delinquency rate on loans in Ginnie Mae MBS increased at a much faster pace than that on loans in GSE MBS, with the total delinquency rate for FHA mortgages hitting 10.90% at the end of September.
Deliveries of high-risk purchase loans to the GSEs saw minor increases in the third quarter. But lenders expanded the credit for such loans in the refi sector. (Includes two data tables.)
The flow of purchase mortgages with some form of mortgage insurance in agency MBS increased in the third quarter of 2025, while refinance business saw a sharp downturn. (Includes two data tables.)
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