A handful of lenders grew their wholesale production, including Flagstar...

Correspondent originators are better at finding purchase-mortgage business, and that’s why the channel’s market share rose in the second quarter. Brokers saw the biggest decline. (Includes six data charts.)

One positive development: Bank holdings of Ginnie Mae pass-throughs and non-agency MBS increased slightly in 2Q22...

Falling market values for Fannie/Freddie pass-throughs played a big part in the decline in bank investment in residential MBS during the second quarter. Holdings of Ginnie MBS and non-agency securities were up. (Includes two data charts.)

Originations of non-agency home loans saw a modest 3.4% increase from the first three months of the year...

Purchase-mortgage originations saw a healthy gain in the second quarter, but not enough to offset plunging refinance activity. Production was up in jumbo and ECM lending. (Includes two data charts.)

Many of the top agency multifamily lenders recorded hefty gains in quarterly volume, including Walker & Dunlop...

While key sectors in the non-agency CMBS market faltered in the second quarter, retail and hospitality both saw hefty gains in securitization volume. The GSEs upped their issuance of multifamily MBS, but Ginnie production was down. (Includes two data charts.)

For the first time since 2007, private MIs accounted for over half of new insured mortgage originations thanks to surging purchase-mortgage business in the second quarter. FHA and VA were hit much harder by the nosedive in refinance activity. (Includes three data charts.)

The six active private mortgage insurers provided coverage on $120.92 billion of new originations in 2Q22...