Most of the decline in FHA business was in purchase-mortgage lending while VA business took a hit due to reductions in the Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan program.

A key Treasury Department official suggested that issuers of non-agency MBS may someday participate in the common securitization platform being developed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

After an extended period of steady growth in its investment in the residential MBS market, the banking industry changed course in early 2018 and reduced its participation in the market, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS ranking and analysis.

Residential mortgage lending was down in the first quarter of 2018 in every category, and by roughly similar degrees, according to a new analysis and ranking by Inside Mortgage Finance.

Originators also sold $483.13 billion of loans to unaffiliated buyers outside of the agency market…

In the first quarter, 12.61 percent of purchase loans sold to the GSEs fell into the highest risk category…

It’s not clear if the REIT sector will amp up its participation in credit-risk transfer deals offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

Arch maintained its large market share lead in insurance-in-force, while Radian ranked first in terms of new insurance written…

The average credit score for FHA loans in Ginnie MBS issued during the first quarter was 671.1, the lowest level since the agency began reporting loan-level data…

Compared to March 2017, the combined nonbank servicing business was up 14.7 percent, while banks in the top 50 saw a 2.4 percent decline from a year ago.