2022 smashed records for MSR transfers, especially in the bulk market, but cooled in recent months. Still, experts see a rebound when the market gets a better handle on the Fed's future steps.

Ugly fact: There were only five deals from four different issuers...

Fitch and other ratings firms last affirmed the company’s solid RMBS servicer ratings a year ago...

Lenders cut back on jumbo originations in the third quarter, and they kept most of what they produced. The result: a 73% nosedive in prime RMBS issuance from the second quarter. (Includes three data charts.)

Credit Suisse has a tentative deal to turn over its Securitized Products Group to an investor group led by Apollo Global Management. The deal could include Select Portfolio Services, one of the top nonprime servicers in the industry. (Includes data chart.)

The biggest decline was in non-agency CMBS, where issuance tumbled 30.2%.

Securitization of office-property mortgages fell to its lowest level in 10 years, while retail and lodging also saw big declines in the third quarter. Agency multifamily MBS issuance held up better, paced by a modest gain in Freddie production. (Includes two data charts.)

Most of the top lenders in conventional/conforming recorded hefty declines, with one huge exception...

Despite significant erosion in conventional-conforming and jumbo lending in the third quarter, a few shops managed to boost originations. FHA/VA lending was relatively safer. (Includes two data charts.)

JPMorgan Chase was the top earner among the group with $313 million in mortgage fees and related income...