Inman News reports that one mortgage firm isn't letting up. "Countrywide Financial reported operational highlights for March, saying that mortgage loan funding totaled $40 billion, an increase of 10 percent from the prior year period. Adjustable-rate loan fundings for the month of March were $19 billion. Home equity loan fundings for March rose by 22 percent from March 2005 to $4.2 billion."

"Nonprime loan fundings in March were $3.3 billion. Consolidated pay-option loan fundings for the month were $7.2 billion, as compared to $6.6 billion in March 2005. Interest-only loan volume was $8.3 billion for the month of March 2006, compared to $6.4 billion for the same period a year ago."