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| Consistent with last quarter, our recent share repurchase activity reflects continued strong mortgage credit performance and financial results and share price valuation levels that we believe are very attractive to generate long-term value for remaining shareholders |
| I'm pleased to report that we had another great quarter |
| We are very supportive of the FHFA and Director Thompson's commitment to improving data transparency in the housing finance system |
| Credit performance on our in-force book continues to be a tailwind for our financial results and our delinquency inventory remains at historic lows |
| Earlier this week, MGIC paid a $300 million dividend to the holding company, reflective of the strong capital position on MGIC and capital levels that continue to be above our target |
| To wrap up, we had another successful quarter and continued to deliver solid financial results |
| So I think we feel very favorable at that aspect |
| We're still able to get a good amount of volume and a good credit quality that we feel really comfortable about the ultimate returns that we can get off of that business |
| As we look forward, we remain encouraged by the positive credit trends we are experiencing in our insurance portfolio as well as the resiliency of the housing market and we remain confident in our transformed business model and ability to execute and deliver on our business strategies |
| I also discussed our views of the market's risk return began to gradually improve during the year and then we expected our market position to also improve gradually during this year, even though our pricing was still meaningfully higher than the pricing we had in the market during the second quarter of last year |
| As I mentioned on the last call, we believe there's additional improvement in our market position and believe that is reflected in our third quarter NIW |
| The dividend from MGIC to the holding company enhances the liquidity position and the financial flexibility of the holding company |
| But I mentioned in the script, I think what we're really view as positive is our premium is meaningfully higher than it was just a little over a year ago |
| It seems like capacity is as strong, probably stronger than it was even a year ago for us to be able to execute |
| We wrote $14.6 billion in new insurance written and insurance in force, the main driver of our revenue stayed strong, ended the quarter at $294 billion |
| In addition, the new insurance we are writing continues to have strong credit characteristics |
| I think we're really happy that the pricing actions that we took in the past to get to the right risk return level |
| With a strong credit performance and financial results we are experiencing, combined with a smaller origination market, which sold growth of our insurance in quarters, and the related required capital, at the current valuation levels, we expect our capital return payout will increase from the level in recent quarters, and you can begin to see that in our October repurchase activity |
| It's helpful in that regard on making sure that we have capacity but the reality is, I think that feels very good |
| As Tim mentioned, we had another quarter of solid financial results and earned net income of $0.64 per diluted share compared to $0.81 per diluted last year |
| The results for the third quarter were reflective of the continued exceptional credit performance we have been experiencing, which again led to favorable loss reserve development and resulted in close to zero losses this quarter, compared with a negative 7% loss ratio in the second quarter |
| I think for now, we feel good that we're in the -- I think, in the lower part, toward the lower end of the range that we've guided to for this year |
| We continue to benefit from favorable credit trends, prudent risk management strategies, a disciplined approach to the market and the talent and dedication of our team |
| The increase in book value per share was due to our strong results and accretive share repurchases, offset somewhat by our quarterly shareholder dividend |
| While higher interest rates continue to be a headwind for book value per share, higher interest rates are a long-term positive for the earnings potential of the investment portfolio, and that continues to come through in our results |
| We believe that our financial strength and capital flexibility, combined with our quality offerings and superior customer experience put us in the best position to continue to navigate a dynamic economic landscape and achieve success for all of our stakeholders |
| The supply of homes available for sale is still tight, however, there is pent-up demand and demographic trends suggest meaningful long-term MI opportunities |
| I want to extend my appreciation to our customers, shareholders and partners for their continued trust and confidence in MGIC |
| I remain optimistic that home prices generally will remain relatively stable, while there is noise in the market the housing market remains resilient |
| I don't have that immediately in front of me, but it's about 200 basis points better than the book yield |
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| Nate, anything else you'd want to add? Nathan Colson I think just on the traditional reinsurance market, I do think 2023 was a challenging year from a capacity standpoint as many reinsurers insured a lot of mortgage risk in '21 and '22 and persistency increased quite a bit, so it wasn't running off as fast |
| As expected, the mortgage origination and MI markets are smaller this year driven by higher mortgage rates, which has challenged affordability and led to fewer homes for sale due to the lock-in effect for borrowers with lower mortgage rates and significantly reduced refinance activity |
| While new notices were higher year-over-year, they were 13% below the pre-pandemic levels seen in the third quarter of 2019 |
| Operating expenses in the quarter were $53 million, down from $57 million last quarter and down from $62 million in the third quarter last year |
| However, the rate of home price growth has slowed in some areas, while others have seen modest declines |
| The net result of lower volumes of new insurance and increased persistency is that our insurance in force has remained relatively flat during the year, consistent with what we expected at the start of the year |
| So I don't think that, that calls out a pocket of concern for us, just returning to kind of more normalized levels coming off of very, very low levels that we saw, particularly in '21 and '22 here |
| The third quarter was seasonally, a harder year, a harder quarter rather, for new notices |
| But now that you see the smaller origination volumes in '23 and also what most expect for 2024, I think some of that capacity has rebounded a little bit |
| Nate Richam And then on credit, you noted that you noticed these are up a little bit quarter-over-quarter, but still like down from pre-pandemic levels |
| I think it's fair to say that as we had concerns with increasing interest rates and what would happen with home prices a year ago, I think a lot of our reinsurance partners had similar questions |
| The decrease in net premiums earned was primarily due to an increase in ceded premium |
| And I'm just kind of curious if there's any like general pocket of concern you're giving a close eye on in the macro |
| I think at the beginning of this year, we had said we're skeptical if we'd be able to execute ILN in the capital markets |
| And so while it's a competitive marketplace, and it's hard to say what's going to happen in the future |
| For our business, those headwinds are somewhat offset by the tailwinds that higher interest rates have on the persistency of our insurance in force |
| In longer term, is that kind of a reasonable level? Or I guess this year, there was some onetime items |
| In the quarter, our delinquency inventory increased by 4% to 24,700 loans, which continues to be historically low |
| But now that some of their larger books are running off a little bit, and there's less kind of new risks coming in just because of a small origination market, it does feel a little bit more normalized now than maybe the first part of 2023 |
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