After pulling back from correspondent lending during 2Q20 amid market volatility, New Residential sharply increased its loan purchases in the third quarter...
David Brickman, Frater’s counterpart at Freddie, expressed similar sentiments: “Costs have changed. Risks have changed. We’ve put in place an appropriate and prudent response to that change in the external environment for us to support struggling homeowners.”
Commenting on the stubbornly high Ginnie measurement, MBA's Fratantoni noted it shows that recovery is not uniform “and that many are still struggling to gain their footing.”
It was the highest three-month production reading in the program’s history, continuing a run in which the past five quarters represented the five highest Ginnie totals ever.