Nonbanks regained market share among the top 100 mortgage producers in the third quarter despite a small decline in volume. First-lien lending at small banks and credit unions was up. (Includes two data tables.)

Total agency single-family MBS climbed 0.9% during the third quarter, hitting $8.913 trillion.

Ginnie continued to set the pace as its single-family servicing grew by 2.4% in the third quarter.

S. 3502, the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act, received prompt support from a number of industry trade groups.

Ginnie remained the fastest growing player in the MBS market in the third quarter. Mutual funds, money-market funds and insurance companies continue to play important roles in demand for single-family MBS. (Includes two data tables.)

Whole-loan portfolios among insured depositories grew 1.1% during the third quarter, while those institutions pared their servicing-for-others activity by 0.2%. (Includes two data tables.)

When it comes to MBS issuance, it was a third-place finish for Fannie Mae...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a combined 11.7% increase in securitization of high-balance loans that exceeded the national baseline limit of $726,200 for one-unit mortgages during the third quarter.

Freddie stood out as the only agency to do more single-family business in November than in the previous month, and some of that was because several top sellers shifted some GSE business away from Fannie.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie all saw sturdy increases in agency-eligible high-balance loans during the third quarter. The non-agency jumbo market remains significantly bigger, but production fell.