The Golden State remained the largest source of insured agency business, accounting for 13.2% of the total market.

Depository institutions saw their combined agency servicing shrink 2.5% from the third to the fourth quarter, squeezing their share of the market to 42.2%.

JPMorgan Chase topped the ranking with $413 million in repurchases for the third quarter...

The rock-bottom interest rates had substantially less impact elsewhere in the structured-finance market...

When lending volume slows, the share of higher-risk loans typically grows as well...