Over the same timeframe, agency MBS production by commercial banks, thrifts and credit unions fell 17.2 percent…

Meanwhile, the wholesale-broker share of FHA/VA purchase lending inched up to 13.3% in 2018, a 40 bps upward wiggle…

CRT deals have redefined the Fannie/Freddie business model…

Fannie changes bylaws, Phillips staying put...

Nonbank mortgage operations continued their assault on the agency MBS market in 2018, increasing their penetration in both new issuance and servicing. [Includes two data charts.]

Fannie/Freddie’s issuance of credit-risk transfer debt notes hit a record high of $15.19 billion in 2018. [Includes one data chart.]

The complex business of servicing residential mortgages continued to become more concentrated among a diverse group of industry participants in the fourth quarter of 2018. [Includes two data charts.]

Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest home lender and servicer, saw its MSR portfolio shrink by 1.6 percent on a sequential basis…

And although trendlines varied significantly among the top-ranked processors, the overall migration of GSE servicing to nonbanks continued last year.

The three most active sellers of bulk MSRs: Stearns Lending, United Wholesale Mortgage and loanDepot, according to exclusive figures from Inside Mortgage Trends…