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Inflation figures released Tuesday helped to increase the value of stocks, including stocks in mortgage companies.

The inventory of homes for sale is rising and affordability is improving.

Refi applications increased by 23% on a weekly basis last week.

Issuance of prime non-agency MBS linked to non-agency jumbo mortgages increased by 13.4% during the second quarter of to $7.95 billion.

PennyMac originated nearly $230.0 million of mortgages in the pending MBS.

ARMs accounted for 9.5% of residential mortgages locked in July, according to Optimal Blue.

Some $54.47 billion of FHA purchase mortgages were included in Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities issued in the second quarter, up 28.9% from the previous quarter.

Anthony Hsieh, the founder of loanDepot who recently returned as CEO of the company, stressed that the nonbank is working on “profitable market share growth fueled by technology innovations.”

United Wholesale Mortgage has all of its servicing with one subservicer as the nonbank builds an in-house servicing operation.