Despite the sharp increase in production under the Home Affordable Refinance Program, the overwhelming majority of refinance mortgages financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are well below current property values with substantial borrower equity. According to official data released late last week by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, HARP production jumped a whopping 93.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012, hitting a record 180,185 loans. HARP volume at Freddie was up more than double from the fourth quarter, while Fannie production jumped 79.8 percent. The first...(Includes three data charts)