The top five bulk MSR transfers were led by Franklin American, followed by Stearns, loanDepot, Flagstar and United Shore/United Wholesale Mortgage…

Thanks to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, multifamily securitizations surged 44.7 percent…

While the FHFA has proposed a formal rulemaking on GSE capital, the current standard known as the conservatorship capital framework has not been made public…

The mortgage market was somewhat more top-heavy in the third quarter, with the top 25 lenders accounting for 57.7 percent of total production…

No wonder Ginnie Mae Acting President Michael Bright is nervous: Short-term default rates showed the biggest increases…

Most of the third-quarter slippage occurred in the business-finance category, where ABS production tumbled 51.2 percent...

Fun fact: Nonbanks went over the 60.0 percent threshold in Ginnie Mae market share during the third quarter.

FHA debt-to-income ratios are also deteriorating…

First-time homebuyers accounted for over half of the purchase mortgages securitized by Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie in the second quarter, and private MIs are taking a bigger share.