New hope for a "recap and release" for the GSEs?

With rates rising, MBS prices are once again skidding, causing traders to rethink their plans for the immediate future.

The mortgage industry keeps pining for a rate cut but so far the Fed has resisted. This week, a hotter-than-anticipated CPI reading stalled momentum on the rate front and MBS prices headed lower.

When nonbanks suffer in the origination game, so do their bankers. According to the latest analysis from Inside Mortgage Finance, warehouse commitments totaled $96.0 billion at yearend. (Includes data table.)

What does the stalled mortgage job market need? An interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Otherwise, limited hiring and layoffs will be the order of the day.

Companywide, revenue last year came in at $974.0 million, down 22.3% from 2022.

Foreclosure activity declined by 1% on a monthly basis in February.

The top three MBS issuers in February: UWM, PennyMac and Rocket Mortgage.

At Jan. 31, mortgage bankers employed 186,000, the lowest reading in a decade.

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