The VA share of new primary MI business jumped from 25.2% in 2019 to 30.9% last year...

“The number of primary delinquent loans was 55,537 as of December 31, 2020, compared to 62,737 as of September 30, 2020 and 21,266 as of December 31, 2019,” Radian noted in its earnings report.

The year just-ended brought two huge changes to the government-insured market. First, the VA established itself as the dominant program...

Fannie inked just $5.26 billion in new credit-risk deals in 2020, and that total included a $425.6 million Connecticut Avenue Securities transaction...

The volume of FHA loans was down 4.2% for the year, including a 1.8% drop from the third to the fourth quarter. But at $1.114 trillion, FHA loans continued to represent the dominant slice of the Ginnie pie...

Private MIs were particularly strong in the purchase-loan market, with annual GSE sales of $366.87 billion — which represented 51.0% of all insured purchase loans securitized by the agencies...

The Golden State remained the largest source of insured agency business, accounting for 13.2% of the total market.

There was a huge push for FHA autonomy by former Commissioner Nicolas Retsinas during the Clinton years, but it went nowhere.

Late last week, Black Knight released its measurement: 2.83 million mortgages in COVID-related relief for the seven-day period ending Dec. 29. The FHA/VA (GNMA) reading increased by 11,000 units.

In general, most of the delinquent loan buying has been done by the megabanks and top-ranked direct-FHA funders like Quicken Loans and PennyMac...