A new Inside Mortgage Finance analysis of agency mortgage-backed securities data shows that mortgage production fell sharply in virtually all states during the first quarter. The top three states – California, Texas and Florida – fared somewhat better than the overall market. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae securitized some $34.9 billion of California single-family mortgages during the first quarter of 2014, down 25.4 percent from the fourth quarter. But the overall agency MBS market fell 27.2 percent over that period. Texas, down 41.4 percent from the first quarter of 2013, and Florida (off 48.7 percent) both had...[Includes one data chart]