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John Bancroft

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The 2Q20 Mortgage Profit Picture: Simply Stunning Across the Board

September 16, 2020
John Bancroft

The 14 lender/servicers reported $4.02 billion in income from those activities during the second quarter, up from $1.40 billion in the first three months of 2020.


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Fannie Regains Market Share as Mortgage Giants Set Monthly Record

September 15, 2020
John Bancroft

The top three sellers to Fannie and Freddie in August: Quicken Loans, Wells Fargo and United Wholesale Mortgage.


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Bank MSR Values at the Lowest Level Since 2012

September 14, 2020
John Bancroft

MSR values sank over 34% during the first seven months of 2020, according to a July update from Mike Carnes, managing director of MSR valuations at MIAC Analytics.


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Fannie Regains Some Share as GSEs Set Monthly High

September 11, 2020
John Bancroft
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac issued a record $249 billion of single-family MBS in August while continuing to grow their share of the mortgage market. (Includes two data charts.)
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Lenders Reap Huge Earnings on Production and Secondary

September 11, 2020
John Bancroft
Mortgage bankers posted huge profits from their loan origination and secondary marketing activities during the second quarter of 2020. Servicing, not so much. (Includes data chart.)
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Banks Mark MSR Values to Lowest Level Since 2012

September 11, 2020
John Bancroft
The banking industry's aggregate portfolio of servicing for others was down slightly in the second quarter, although the top five players shed a combined $100 billion. (Includes data chart.)
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Agency MBS Issuance Breaks $300B in August

September 11, 2020
John Bancroft

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae issued $321.83 billion of single-family MBS last month, according to an Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.


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Agencies Break $300 Billion in Single-Family MBS in August

September 10, 2020
John Bancroft
Ginnie Mae regained some share in the agency MBS market in August, as did purchase mortgages. The top 100 sellers saw a small increase in their share of new issuance, but the market remained fragmented. (Includes two data charts.)
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Agency Delinquency Rates Continue to Ease in August

September 10, 2020
John Bancroft
The number of loans in the most severe stages of delinquency continued to climb in August, but overall default rates and forbearance counts were down.
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Home-Equity Lending Down Amid Refi Wave

September 10, 2020
John Bancroft

New home-equity lending declined by 14% in the second quarter while refi lending boomed.


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