Commercial banks and savings institutions boosted their holdings of residential MBS substantially during the third quarter, a new analysis of call-report data by Inside MBS & ABS reveals.

Most of the life in third-quarter mortgage originations came from the tail end of the refinance boom.

The September figures represented a 5.7 percent increase from the midway point in the year and an 8.8 percent climb from a year ago.

In the refinance market, the share of loans falling into the low-score/high LTV group was 2.57 percent, down from 2.86 percent in the second quarter...

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Stonegate Mortgage, Ocwen Financial and Nationstar Mortgage all recovered from second-quarter losses with net profits during the most recent cycle.

Second-ranked AGNC Investment Corp. – formerly American Capital Agency Corp. – reported a 2.2 percent increase in its MBS holdings under a new management structure…

FHA endorsements rose 16.6 percent from the second quarter and VA loan guaranty production increased 20.3 percent…

Under the current terms of their conservatorship, Fannie and Freddie are required to reduce their mortgage portfolios by at least 15 percent a year…

Wells Fargo once again ranked first among all agency sellers with $17.6 billion sold to Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie. Quicken was second with $8.46 billion.