Agency securities accounted for $26.4 billion of the growth in REIT MBS holdings over the course of the year…

Home-equity lending weakened in late 2018 but remained a relatively bright spot in the mortgage business, according to an exclusive Inside Mortgage Finance market analysis. [Includes three data charts.]

Real estate investment trusts increased their holdings of agency MBS during the fourth quarter of 2018, capping a solid year of growth, according to an Inside MBS & ABS analysis. [Includes one data chart.]

Credit unions reported a 19.5% increase in closed-end second originations from the first half of 2018 to the second half…

Fannie Mae saw its monthly MBS output decline by 18.1% from January…

Retail’s biggest presence was in the jumbo market…

The top four banks in servicing for others all reported declining balances…

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae generated only $69.97 billion of single-family MBS in February.

Higher conforming loan limits for agency mortgage-backed securities programs didn’t do much to offset a sharp decline in total jumbo lending last year, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. [Includes three data charts.]

New production of agency single-family MBS fell for the sixth month in a row in Febru-ary, sinking to the lowest monthly output in nearly five years. [Includes two data charts.]