Finance

While rising rates buoy revenue for the country's largest banks, in the short term they also force them to write down the value of assets they hold on their balance sheet, exacerbating a capital squeeze that's prompted most of them to halt buybacks.

NYSE American accepted the mortgage company's plan to resolve an existing concern but its persistent losses raised a new issue.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage saw an average rise of 6 basis points that was higher than the overall gain, according to a retrospective report issued Wednesday.

The agency failed to fulfill some watchdog recommendations and get reports related to "human capital" and diversity finalized, the annual analysis found.

A combination of fewer mortgage originations and investment losses for some companies contributed to declines.

The government mortgage-bond insurer's requirements that restrict investor involvement are likely the greatest challenge to finding more purchasers of MSRs, experts said at a servicing conference Monday.

The non-qualified mortgage lender lost $13 million in the quarter, a slight improvement over the previous period.

If rights holders have to sell these assets because of the Ginnie Mae capital rule, it will increase rates for lower income consumers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is reducing the amount lenders can sell to a government-sponsored enterprise by $3 billion next year.

The company experienced further declines in production volume but reported an intra-quarter improvement in its gain on the sale of loans.

The Federal Reserve appeared closer to moderating aggressive interest rate increases after welcome news on inflation, with three officials backing a downshift even as they stressed that policy needs to stay tight.

The company was profitable on a net basis but took a comprehensive loss linked to market volatility's effect on mortgage bonds.

But executives put a sunny spin on it, saying that its recent exit from forward mortgages will allow it to leverage reverse lending, where tailwinds will lead to profitability next year, management said.

The company has incurred a combined $91.8 million in expenses in the past two quarters related to its massive cost-cutting plan, which included the layoff of thousands of professionals.

The package, which Incenter is brokering on behalf of an unnamed mortgage banker, is primarily concentrated in California and Colorado.

The company is floating the possibility of selling a portion of its loan portfolio to free up liquidity in coming months, leaders said.

The government-sponsored enterprise put more money aside as mortgage interest rates rise and home prices start to decline.

The six active underwriters wrote 14% less business compared with the second quarter and 30% from one year prior.

While credit risk has been kept under control to date, the government-sponsored enterprise's leaders said Tuesday that they are concerned it could be on the verge of an uptick.

Both sides in the litigation over 2012 Federal Housing Finance Agency amendments to stock purchase agreements say they're weighing their options.