Private MIs made some gains in the insured purchase-mortgage market in 2021, while the FHA grew its share of insured refinance business. (Includes three data charts.)

Early reporters of fourth-quarter results are giving the mortgage industry a glimpse of what’s to come for everyone else: weak or negative origination growth. Message: The party can’t last forever.

Banks, thrifts and credit unions reported a modest increase in the untapped HELOC commitments in the third quarter, but homeowners continued to sit on a mountain of untapped equity. (Includes three data charts.)