During the second quarter, VA endorsements of streamlined refi loans fell a whopping 52.9 percent…

Annaly Capital Management remained the largest MBS investor in the group, accounting for 32.2 percent of the market…

Brokers saw the biggest increase in FHA business, with volume up 14.5 percent…

Freddie’s purchase-mortgage business soared 17.1 percent from June to July, while Fannie’s was up 9.0 percent…

Mortgage REIT New Residential posted a stunning 40.1 percent sequential growth rate in its MSR portfolio, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.

Bank of America reported $230.0 million in combined second-quarter mortgage-banking income, a hefty 88.5 percent increase from the previous period.

The biggest surge was in non-agency securitization of mortgages on hotels and other lodging properties, which jumped 88.7 percent from the first quarter.

Movement Mortgage was the largest seller of MSRs through co-issuance deals…

Fannie said that about 3 or 4 percent of DU applications with DTI ratios ranging from 45 percent to 50 percent had been deemed ineligible because they failed the overlay test…

Wells Fargo remained the top producer of first-lien mortgages with a hefty 27.1 percent increase from the first quarter, gaining ground on all of its nearest competitors.