Mortgages tied to Ginnie Mae accounted for 18.3% of total servicing outstanding at the end of September. Some servicing share shifted away from the GSEs, though Fannie and Freddie still dominate. (Includes two data tables.)

Some $13.26 billion of high-balance mortgages were included in agency MBS issued during the third quarter of 2025. Nine months into the year, agency high-balance sales were down somewhat on an annual basis, with the decline concentrated in sales to the GSEs. (Includes three data tables.)

Lenders are expected to increase production of prime jumbos, non-QMs and home equity loans in the coming year.

Homeowners are tapping their equity to pay off consumer credit debt and student loans.

Acra, a top player in the non-qualified mortgage market, has a new CEO, Shawn Stone.

Non-QM lender/servicer Acra is in the hunt for a new CEO. Other changes may be in the offing too — as the sale of Acra’s parent, HPS, to BlackRock draws closer.

It’s not every day that an expanded-credit specialist branches out into conventional funding. But that’s what A&D Mortgage is doing via its acquisition of Flagstar’s TPO unit.

About 20 wholesale account executives and managers recently left Acra for Champions Funding.

There’s plenty of home equity available to homeowners but interest rates are constraining originations of home equity loans. Banks remained the top three originators of home equity loans in the third quarter. (Includes three data tables.)

Despite a traditional slowing in loan locks in October, Optimal Blue found more demand for nonconforming and FHA loans.