While new production volume was generally sluggish in the first quarter of this year, several banks reported higher gain-on-sale margins and better MSR hedging results. (Includes data table.)

Origna8 is providing brokers a platform that can be used for lead generation, agentic-AI marketing, lender relationship management and data analytics.

Deliveries of retail mortgages to the agencies were boosted by an increase in refinances in the wake of lower mortgage rates in the first quarter of 2026. (Includes two data tables.)