Mortgage Market Continued Shrinking Through Midway Point in 2011, Down 7 Percent Since 2007
September 29, 2011
The supply of mortgage debt outstanding continued to decline in the second quarter of 2011, reaching levels not seen in nearly five years. The Federal Reserve reported that single-family mortgage debt totaled $10.396 trillion as of the end of June, down 0.5 percent from the end of the previous quarter. It marked the 13th consecutive quarterly decline in the mortgage servicing business, which has shrunk by $783.2 billion since peaking in the first quarter of 2008 at $11.179 trillion. The only sector of the market thats growing is the Ginnie Mae program, where the supply of the agencys single-family mortgage securities...(Includes one data chart)