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United Wholesale Mortgage beat its own guidance on originations and gain on sale margins third quarter earninga, helped by an uptick in refinance volume due to lower rates in August and September.

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.

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

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.

Even as home equity withdrawals hit a two-year high, utilization rate remained less than half of normal, ICE Mortgage Technology said.

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.

The number of vacant, abandoned properties in foreclosure, while up from the third quarter, was nearly 1,800 lower than a year ago, Attom Data said.

Government lending leaders also addressed efforts to increase housing stock and affordability in a discussion at the Mortgage Bankers Association's annual conference.