Agency securitization of insured refi loans fell 15.3% last year, with the private MI sector taking a hard hit.

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New primary MI on purchase-money mortgages was up from the second quarter. Private MIs reported a 4.2% increase to $134.22 billion...

The shift in loan purpose generally had the biggest impact on VA and uninsured volume.

In August, Ginnie sought comments on the capital standards. While some of the changes would apply to all servicers, others would apply specifically to nonbanks, the dominant players in the agency’s MBS program.

The White House called the new framework the largest single investment in affordable housing in U.S. history...

Freedom remained the top Ginnie servicer with $272.22 billion of MSRs on its books at the end of 3Q21...

However, removals for loan modification or foreclosure processing edged up 2.2% to $11.14 billion in the third quarter.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie securitized $345.72 billion of loans with some form of primary MI during the third quarter, an 8.3% drop from the previous period.

While most top-ranked lenders saw aggressive growth in home-equity conversion mortgages during 2Q21, others experienced a slowdown...