Only two banks ranked among the top agency sellers last year: Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.

Only two banks ranked among the top 10 agency sellers in 2019, while six of their nonbank peers posted significant increases from the third to the fourth quarter. (Includes two data charts.)

The Golden State had the largest volume of purchase loans sold to Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie, but it lagged other states in growth rates. (Includes two data charts.)

Most of the decline in bank GSE servicing was recorded at Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America. Big nonbank gainers included NewRez, Quick-en, Matrix Financial and PennyMac. (Includes two data charts.)

Deals backed by seasoned loans still accounted for over half of last year’s non-agency MBS issuance, but securitization of newly originated prime and expanded-credit mortgages more than doubled in 2019.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae securitized $819 billion of insured loans in 2019, up 20% from the previous year. Insured agency refi business soared by 120% from 2018.

Private MIs insured $60.97 billion of refinance loans delivered to Fannie and Freddie in 2019, more than triple their total for the prior year.

Including securities backed by FHA home-equity conversion mortgages, total Ginnie single-family MBS issuance hit $508.62 billion, also a record.

A gusher of refinance loans over the second half of the year pushed Ginnie MBS production to a record $498 billion in 2019, up 28% from the previous year. (Includes four data charts.)

However, agency MBS was the star of the structured finance show in 2019…