Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie issued a combined $138.25 billion of single-family MBS in August, their strongest aggregate monthly output since July 2013.

-The average credit score for purchase mortgages securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae during the second quarter was 722.8, down a few points from the first quarter.

Only two of the top 10 banks as ranked by “servicing for others” have been in growth mode: PNC Bank and SunTrust.

The GSE buyback total was down 20.6 percent from the first quarter…

Annaly Capital Management remained the top REIT MBS investor despite an 0.8 percent drop in its portfolio.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are seeing some competition for eligible mortgages from portfolio lenders…

The wholesale-broker market held its ground, maintaining a 10.0 percent share of new originations, Inside Mortgage Finance found.

Nine nonbanks reported a combined net loss of $339.5 million on mortgage-banking activity for 2Q16, but that was actually an improvement...

By itself, the FHA insured 37.1 percent of first-timer business in the first half of 2016…

The call-report data pose an interesting, and contrary, view of the banking industry’s mortgage-banking activity during the second quarter…