Freddie managed a bigger annual increase over 2014 levels than Fannie did, thanks in part to its more active program in securitizing seasoned loans.

In 2015, the two GSEs sold credit risk on about $407 billion of UPB through their back-end risk-transfer programs. The actual amount of credit risk transferred was $12.6 billion.

Ginnie Mae production topped Freddie Mac’s issuance in 2014 and was comfortably ahead after the first 11 months of this year.

The group’s combined production-related income fell a lot more than their actual origination volume, which was down 5.8 percent from the second quarter...

The Ginnie Mae share of total mortgage debt outstanding hit a record 15.2 percent at September 30, according to exclusive survey figures from Inside Mortgage Finance...

Analysts believe there is enough house price appreciation in many areas to lubricate the home equity sector again...

Fannie and Freddie have securitized roughly 80.8 percent of conventional-conforming mortgages over the first nine months of the year.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency “should require the GSEs to be much more transparent in their risk-sharing transactions,” said the Urban Institute in a new report.

Black Knight Financial also said that despite the reintroduction of Fannie’s and Freddie’s 97 LTV product, the FHA/VA continues to dominate low downpayment lending.

An estimated $117.1 billion of mortgages exceeding the baseline conforming loan limit of $417,000 were originated during the third quarter.