United Wholesale Mortgage ranked as the top producer of purchase mortgages in the first nine months of 2023 with $73.17 billion.

Fitch adjusted its outlook for the mortgage insurance industry from “deteriorating” to “neutral.”

Annaly Capital Management remained the biggest REIT investor in the MBS market, but AGNC Investment gained a lot of ground in the third quarter. (Includes two data tables.)

The red-hot vehicle ABS market saw intense competition between S&P and Fitch for ratings supremacy. Kroll rode the resurgent ECM MBS market to boost its share of rated issuance. (Includes two data tables.)

UWM was the top originator of purchase loans for the first nine months of 2023, while Rocket held the lead in refinance lending. The FHA saw a rising share of purchase loans sold to the agencies in the third quarter. (Includes four data tables.)

Large mortgage companies are seeing flat income from originations and increasing income from servicing.

A number of competitors in the correspondent channel registered eye-popping growth...

Supers are second-level securities backed by Fannie and Freddie uniform MBS...

While most publicly traded companies reported positive results on their production and servicing income, the MBA found that nearly half of the industry failed to turn a profit in the third quarter. (Includes data table.)

Massive portfolio restructuring at the Federal Reserve led to a huge increase in production of Fannie and Freddie Supers MBS in the third quarter. Activity looks to be returning to normal. (Includes two data tables.)