Over the winter, the VA program had quietly become a much more significant factor in the government-insured market...

The last time Ginnie Mae was the top agency issuer was in January of 2009...

Conforming-jumbos accounted for almost 10 percent of GSE business on single-unit properties in the first half of this year...

At the midway point of 2015, the group’s $8.061 billion in year-to-date mortgage-banking income was up 15.1 percent from the first six months of 2014.

But only 33.0 percent of California mortgages had primary MI coverage, compared to 46.6 percent for the nation as a whole.

ARM MBS production by Fannie and Freddie in the first half of 2015 was down 20.1 percent from a year ago.

Effective immediately, any Ginnie Mae issuer that wants to bring servicing in-house from a subservicer must get the agency’s prior written approval...

Bank of America, ranked third, continued to unload servicing and pared its holdings by 8.9 percent during the second quarter.

If the pace continues over the second half of the year – and strong consumer demand for apartments suggests it will – 2015 would become the best year ever in agency multifamily MBS.

Most mortgage origination indicators pointed higher. Notably, FHA endorsements were up an estimated 61.3 percent from the first quarter…