Interestingly, new originations increased slightly more than the 31.2 percent increase in new applications filed during the year.

In the first six months of 2016, Fannie and Freddie securitized $64.52 billion of single-family mortgages with DTI ratios exceeding 43 percent.

Retail loans had lower debt-to-income ratios as well…

The directives make clear that the minimum g-fee applies only to swap transactions…

The Federal Reserve's HMDA tally for 2015 came in at $1.651 trillion…

The baseline agency conforming loan limit likely will rise slightly next year…

According to Treasury Department reports, overseas investors held $821.3 billion of Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie MBS at the end of June, a 5.0 percent increase from March.

Meanwhile, bank whole loan portfolios have been increasing – largely because of the resurgence of jumbo mortgage originations, along with the recovery in home-equity lending.

A group of 13 publicly traded lenders reported a combined $1.72 billion in production and secondary marketing income for the second quarter.

All of the second-quarter increase can be attributed to Bank of America, which reported $372.0 million in repurchases for the period – up $67.0 million from the first quarter.