Sellers to the GSEs sold a larger share of new single-family mortgages with lower credit scores in the third quarter of 2024. But they also in-creased deliveries of mortgages with lower loan-to-value ratios. (Includes two data tables.)

Purchase mortgages with primary mortgage insurance pooled into agency MBS increased by 9.7% from the second quarter, while refinance volume spiked by 40.2%. (Includes two data tables.)

All banks among the top 100 lenders reported an increase in retail mortgage originations in the second quarter.

Banks and thrifts reported $44.54 billion in retail mortgage production in the second quarter, making it the strongest three-month period for bank retail lending since the third quarter of 2022. (Includes two data tables.)

Mortgage repurchases and other indemnifications by commercial banks and savings institutions in the second quarter were the lowest since before the 2008 financial crisis.

Trends varied significantly among banks and thrifts, with five of the top 10 reporting declines in mortgage-banking income during the second quarter. (Includes data table.)

Mortgage repurchases by banks and thrifts during the second quarter were the lowest since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new Inside Mortgage Trends analysis of call-report data. (Includes data table.)

The nonbank misled borrowers into believing that its cash-out refinance loans were less expensive than their existing mortgages.

Loan performance deteriorated across most late-payment categories in the agency mortgage-backed securities market in the second quarter. However, delinquency rates remained lower than six months ago. (Includes data table.)

In the conventional-conforming sector, the broker share grew to 22.2% in the first quarter, up from a 21.6% share the previous quarter.