With the Dow Jones industrial average up 331 points, or 2.5%, industry stocks also showed strong gains on Wednesday amid heightened expectations for an additional Federal Reserve board rate cut.Thirteen of 16 mortgage-related stocks tracked by MortgageWire ended the day higher, with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae showing the strongest gains. The market reacted positively to Freddie Mac's plan to raise additional capital through a preferred stock issuance, sending the company's share prices up 14% to close at $29.42. Fannie Mae was up 10% to close at $32.30. But concern about credit woes for lenders persisted, with Countrywide Financial closing down 3% at $8.72 and IndyMac's share price falling 1% to close at $7.70.
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The threats to companies loom as borrowers face soaring homeowners insurance costs, ex-Ginnie Mae head Ted Tozer explains.
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The Federal Housing Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Housing Finance Agency have started gathering data and analyzing how climate risk will impact the housing ecosystem.
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A special committee is exploring any possible structural "strategic alternatives," which would be aimed at increasing shareholder value, the real estate investment trust said.
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An insurance-indexed debt-to-income ratio could help mitigate borrowers' rising premiums, and help maintain a healthy servicing portfolio, experts said.
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But the number of properties whose mortgage is more than 90 days late is at its lowest since 2006, ICE Mortgage Technology said.
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Industry leaders expressed a high degree of satisfaction with technology in use, but also said a product's cost is the most important criteria for them when partnering with vendors, according to Fannie Mae research.
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