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If issuers take certain steps to manage their interest rate exposure they could get a break on new nonbank requirements set to take effect soon.

The company plans to increase investments in its proprietary products as well as marketing initiatives with expectations of originations growth next year.

Value adjustments to Guild's MSRs totaled a loss of $145.8 million, the nonbanks third quarter earnings show.

The REIT was successful in achieving all of its near-term goals, its CEO said in an earnings call.

Trump's return to the White House is reviving the prospect of preferred stockholders getting some money back after the U.S. took control of the agencies during the 2008 financial crisis to keep the housing market from collapsing.

President Trump is likely to sign the revisions to Executive Order 12866, which will compel all federal agencies to "report up" to the White House and the Office of Management & Budget on initiatives that are not specifically authorized by Congress, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

A proposed downpayment assistance plan spurred former Ginnie Mae chief Ted Tozer's revival of a zero-down FHA loan concept.

Loandepot rolled out Project North Star, an initiative designed to position the company as "the leading lending partner of choice for homeowners."

Low supply and production volumes, though, have left values competitive, with two segments in particular holding promise for favorable returns, a new report said.

The company formerly known as Ocwen improved results on several fronts even though a secondary market price change reduced origination profits in one channel.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and John Hickenlooper say recent data suggests there is "no need for restrictive interest rates" and easier monetary policy is necessary to lower housing costs.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

Remax, the real estate brokerage and mortgage broker franchisor of Motto Mortgage, rebounded from a year ago loss in a tough news cycle for both its businesses.

For the eighth consecutive quarter, ICE Mortgage Technology lost money on a GAAP basis. Using a pro forma calculation involving Black Knight, operating income increased from a year ago.

The government-sponsored enterprise's single-family loan purchases hit a high for the year, but benefits in other areas were lower than in comparable periods.

Core PCE held steady as service costs rose, but the overall report maintains the central bank's flexibility ahead of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Drey Roberts and his team move to de novo warehouse lender Primis Bank as former home Independent Bank makes a strategic exit.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported its best quarter of the year in terms of net income as well as single family business acquired as rates fell to 6.08%.

The Dallas-based bank swung to a loss in the third quarter after reclassifying a large bundle of multifamily loans that it plans to offload under a recently announced strategy pivot.

The REIT's Newrez arm suffered a servicing valuation hit, but reported gains across each of its origination channels.