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Private MIs See Explosion of Refis, Gain in Purchase Loans

January 16, 2020

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae securitized $819 billion of insured loans in 2019, up 20% from the previous year. Insured agency refi business soared by 120% from 2018.

Mortgage Insurers See Explosion in Refis, Purchase Business

January 16, 2020

John Bancroft

Private MIs insured $60.97 billion of refinance loans delivered to Fannie and Freddie in 2019, more than triple their total for the prior year.

A New Annual Record for Ginnie Mae Issuance

January 13, 2020

John Bancroft

Including securities backed by FHA home-equity conversion mortgages, total Ginnie single-family MBS issuance hit $508.62 billion, also a record.

Ginnie MBS Issuance Hits New Annual Record in 2019

January 10, 2020

John Bancroft

A gusher of refinance loans over the second half of the year pushed Ginnie MBS production to a record $498 billion in 2019, up 28% from the previous year. (Includes four data charts.)

A Blowout 2019 for MBS/ABS Issuance

January 10, 2020

John Bancroft

However, agency MBS was the star of the structured finance show in 2019…

Agency MBS Push Structured Finance Over $2T in 2019

January 9, 2020

John Bancroft

Total new issuance of securities backed by home loans, commercial mortgages and non-mortgage assets jumped 24% from 2018’s levels to $2.14 trillion last year, the biggest volume since 2007. (Includes three data charts.)

Refi Boom Pushes Agency Business to Six-Year High

January 9, 2020

John Bancroft

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae all recorded big gains in refinance business in 2019, driving their combined MBS production to over $1.5 trillion. (Includes two data charts.)

MBS Issuance by the GSEs/Ginnie Soars to a Six-Year High

January 9, 2020

John Bancroft

Meanwhile, when it comes to the top seller/issuers, Quicken Loans was not too far behind market leader Wells Fargo: $126.9 billion to the megabank’s $132.4 billion…

GSE MBS Issuance Tops $1T in 2019, Best Showing in Six Years

January 7, 2020

John Bancroft

New MBS production was up 32.0% from 2018 as an unexpected wave of refinancing business continued to pour into the secondary market.

Strong 4Q19 Lifts GSE MBS Production Over $1 Trillion

January 3, 2020

John Bancroft

Fannie and Freddie in 2019 topped the $1 trillion mark for the first time since 2013 thanks to an unexpected surge of refinance business in the second half of the year. (Includes two data charts.)

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