Commercial banks reduced their securitized servicing by 1.9 percent during the third quarter, though they still accounted for 52.5 percent of that market.

Bank of America once again ranked first as the top home-equity lender in the nation, although its production fell 17.7 percent…

Some good news: the FHFA did not mention servicing compensation in the new "Scorecard."

Chase, which often has wide swings in its monthly GSE activity, increased its Freddie issuance by 46.1 percent from October to November, while reducing its Fannie activity by 2.5 percent.

Fannie Mae largely closed the books on legacy buyback issues last year…

The Federal Reserve continues to be the largest investor in the MBS market, though it has long since stopped growing its portfolio…

The third quarter saw a sharp increase in refinance originations that appeared to give a bigger boost to government and conventional-conforming production than the jumbo market got.

Freddie Mac posted a 45.9 percent market share for November – 10.2 percentage points higher than in the previous month…

One notable change in the market over the past three years has been the gradual increase in cash-out refi lending.

Expanding the credit box will be a major theme in the GSEs’ priorities for 2017, according to the FHFA.