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Mortgage Lending Profits Fall by Almost One-Third

Independent mortgage banks and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks saw an average per-loan profit of $3,738 in the fourth quarter of last year, a nearly one-third drop from the third quarter, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. So reports Asset Securitization Report.

The quarter-over-quarter decline in housing finance profitability was the first since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fourth-quarter profitability was still the third-highest on record, topped only by the two preceding quarters.

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