Private MIs finished third in agency refinance loans, partly because the Fannie/Freddie program for refinancing underwater borrowers continued to slow down.

As banks cede market share to nondepositories, an odd thing is happening: banks and thrifts are hiking their investment in MBS.

Among the MI standouts: Arch Mortgage Insurance, which had a hefty 108.9 percent increase in traditional flow business...

What might replace the GSEs' HARP program? Maybe nothing...

The jumbo MBS business may be struggling but not "GSE jumbos," according new figures from IM&A...

Bernie Sanders' worst nightmare: not much of a slowdown in the rich taking out jumbo loans...

Most of the decline came among the largest banks, with many regionals turning in stronger results in the fourth quarter…

MBS issuance rebounded in December, with Fannie/Freddie production rising 17.7 percent. In other words, had TRID not caused a December bump in GSE business, January could have looked better than it did.

In the fourth quarter, 20.3 percent of refi loans sold to the GSEs were in the low-score category, the highest level for the year.

Ginnie Mae even posted a 5.6 percent increase in refinance loan securitizations...