The first six months of 2012 saw heightened activity in FHA’s Streamline Refinancing as borrowers scrambled to take advantage of the program’s lower insurance premiums. Streamline refi originations jumped 90.5 percent during the last two quarters compared to volume reported over the same period last year. Production rose 13.5 percent from the first to the second quarter. Volume increases have been amazing since the third quarter of last year, when lenders reported $4.7 billion in total streamline refi originations. Since that period, production leapfrogged to ... (1 chart)