California continued to have a solid lead in originations of home-equity conversion mortgages in the first nine months of 2021. (Includes two data charts.)

While lenders contend lower FHA insurance premiums will help attract more borrowers, FHA wants to protect the resiliency of its program. (Includes data chart.)

Loan removals from Ginnie MBS declined nearly 10% from the second to the third quarter, with the sharpest drop in buyouts of delinquent loans. (Includes data chart.)

Refinances made up nearly 50% of the reverse mortgages originated in the second quarter of 2021. Overall volume in the HECM market increased in the first six months compared to the same period a year earlier. (Includes two data charts.)

Investors in Ginnie MBS will soon receive new pool-level data as part of disclosures regarding environmental, social and governance factors. (Includes data chart.)

Delinquency rates remain at low levels for multifamily mortgages in Ginnie MBS, though modified loans accounted for 18% the outstanding market. (Includes data chart.)

The seriously delinquent rate for FHA and VA loans declined by 47 basis points and 3 bps, respectively, during the first quarter, IFHA found.

Freedom Mortgage removed $32.1 billion of home loans from Ginnie MBS during the first quarter, mostly due to borrower payoffs. (Includes data chart.)

Reverse mortgage production declined 8.1% in the fourth quarter. However, endorsements spiked 54.5% year over year. (Includes two data charts.)

Home Equity Conversion Mortgage production increased 19.6% in the third quarter and a whopping 56.9% through the first nine months of 2020.