In the first quarter, 11.2 percent of Fannie/Freddie purchase loans had credit scores below 700 and LTV ratios of 81 percent or higher. That was up from 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter…

The MBS holdings of 16 top mortgage REITs were down 0.3 percent from the fourth quarter...

United Guaranty was the largest MI in terms of total policies written in 1Q16, but Arch Mortgage Insurance and National MI were the fastest growers.

Over half (51.1 percent) of VA loans securitized through Ginnie MBS in the first quarter of 2016 were retail originations, but only 39.1 percent of FHA loans came through that channel.

Freddie Mac reduced its portfolio to $339.9 billion at the end of the quarter, a 2.0 percent drop. Like Fannie, the biggest decline in percentage terms was in non-agency MBS…

Although Fannie’s year-to-date issuance was off 8.4 percent from a year ago, it was still ahead of Ginnie through the first third of 2016.

Fannie’s guaranty fee income for single-family and multifamily segments nudged up 0.9 percent from the fourth quarter, while Freddie’s was up 0.4 percent.

U.S. Bank was the only top-five servicer that has been growing its portfolio…

What some bank-watchers may not realize: Most depositories do not factor in personnel and other key expenses when calculating mortgage-banking income…

An estimated $24.52 billion of GSE loans were delivered into MBS during 1Q16 with the servicing rights being taken over by a servicer not affiliated with the loan seller.