MUFG Union Bank was the top wholesale lender in the jumbo market by a wide margin.

All of the uptick in seller buybacks came from Fannie, where repurchases surged 21.5 percent from the first to the second quarter.

Commercial banks were one of the most active buyers of residential MBS during the April-June cycle...

It marked the third straight quarter in which depositories raised their share among the top-100 mortgage originators.

But the non-agency jumbo market saw a healthy 18.6 percent increase in originations…

Roughly 27.3 percent of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae loans pooled in securities in the first half of 2017 were a month old at issuance, and 6.4 percent were two or three months old.

Fannie and Freddie lost some market share during the second quarter, according to preliminary figures compiled by Inside The GSEs.

On a combined basis, the three largest bank servicers reported a $45.06 billion reduction in their servicing for others.

The agencies saw an 8.6 percent increase in refi volume from July to August, roughly triple the growth rate of the purchase-money business…

Purchase loans accounted for 67.5 percent of the estimated $455.0 billion in first-lien mortgage originations during the April-June cycle...