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Chart of the Week: Employee Benefits Costs for Mortgage Lenders, Servicers
The beginning of the year brings changes to employee benefits and associated costs for both mortgage company employers and employees.
Chart of the Week: Retail Channel Mortgage Pull-Through
At last month’s MBA Annual Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, lenders discussed and debated ways to reduce origination costs and increase productivity by investing in more modern technology, refining the use of technology, and making the loan production process more efficient. Improved servicing recapture and offering a greater variety of non-agency loan products were also explored as ways to achieve scale and spread fixed costs over more origination volume.
MBA Forecast: Total Single-Family Mortgage Originations to Increase 8% to $2.2 Trillion in 2026
The Mortgage Bankers Association announced at its 2025 Annual Convention and Expo that total single-family mortgage origination volume is expected to increase to $2.2 trillion in 2026 from $2.0 trillion expected in 2025.
MBA Forecast: Total Single-Family Mortgage Originations to Increase 8% to $2.2 Trillion in 2026
The Mortgage Bankers Association announced at its 2025 Annual Convention and Expo that total single-family mortgage origination volume is expected to increase to $2.2 trillion in 2026 from $2.0 trillion expected in 2025.
Mortgage Delinquencies Decrease Slightly in the Second Quarter
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.93% of all loans outstanding at the end of the second quarter, according to MBA’s National Delinquency Survey.
Mortgage Delinquencies Increase Slightly in First Quarter
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.04% of all loans outstanding at the end of the first quarter, according to MBA’s National Delinquency Survey.
MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.36% in March
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 2 basis points from 0.38% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.36% as of March 31, 2025.
Independent Mortgage Bankers Post Net Production Profits in 2024
Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks reported an average profit of $443 on each loan they originated in 2024, up from an average loss of $1,056 per loan in 2023.
MBA: Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases Slightly to 0.38% in February
MBA’s monthly Loan Monitoring Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 2 basis points from 0.40% of servicers’ portfolio volume in the prior month to 0.38% as of Feb. 28, 2025.