Rocket and UWM ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of MBS issuance through the first nine months of 2022.

Fannie, Freddie and Ginnie saw a modest 4% increase in purchase-mortgage business during the third quarter, not nearly enough to offset the ongoing collapse in refinance activity. (Includes two data charts.)

Some 47,195 endorsements for cash-out deals were recorded by FHA in 2Q22...

At midyear, bank holding companies valued their agency MBS held for trading at $219.07 billion...

New FHA loan applications and endorsements have been declining steadily since hitting peaks in late 2020, and cash-out refinances make up a growing share of the market.

Even with less competition from the non-agency market, the GSEs securitized only 81.5% of conventional-conforming originations in 2Q...

Rising mortgage interest rates increased the market share of jumbo loans, ARMs and expanded-credit mortgages in the second quarter, while the agency market shrank. The result was a downturn in securitization rates. (Includes data chart.)

JPMorgan Chase continued to hold the biggest portfolio of MBS/ABS in trading accounts. Bank holding companies posted a 14.9% increase in agency MBS held in trading accounts. (Includes data chart.)

Sellers repurchased 20.3% more GSE loans in 2Q22 than in the prior quarter.

Although secondary securitizations fell 39.3% for the first eight months of 2022, production at both enterprises spiked in August.