Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saw a combined 11.7% increase in securitization of high-balance loans that exceeded the national baseline limit of $726,200 for one-unit mortgages during the third quarter.

Fitch rated $31.89 billion of non-agency MBS through the first nine months of 2023, which equaled 74.6% of total rated non-agency MBS issuance.

Among a group of large lenders, the broker share of the government-insured market declined to 20.4% in the third quarter, down from 21.2% in the second quarter.

The ECM sector’s share of total originations declined to 2.3% in the third quarter.

AGNC posted a hefty 19.4% increase in its agency MBS portfolio...

Over the past year, a handful of banks have exited the warehouse finance sector, including Comerica and Fifth Third.

United Wholesale Mortgage ranked as the top producer of purchase mortgages in the first nine months of 2023 with $73.17 billion.

Large mortgage companies are seeing flat income from originations and increasing income from servicing.

The 11 Federal Home Loan Banks reported net income of $1.74 billion for the third quarter, down 5.7% from the previous period.

A number of competitors in the correspondent channel registered eye-popping growth...