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The former investment type added to net earnings, but a tough market hurt some sectors of it during a quarter in which the company experienced mixed success with M&A attempts.

Earnings benefited from low delinquencies and slow prepayment speeds, but high rates will limit growth opportunities.

The company posted net income of under $301 million in the third quarter, including a $93 million positive mortgage servicing mark.

As the leading player in a specialized niche within the consolidating mortgage market, Finance of America is being watched closely.

The lender and servicer is still planning for another $120 million in annualized expense reductions in the next few quarters.

He will take over the role from current non-executive chair Sara Mathew, who's allowed time on the government-sponsored enterprise's board is expiring.

The company also renewed key partnerships, recorded some reverse mortgage charges it'd previously foreseen and eked out an adjusted pretax origination gain.

Rather than adding the option of using two rather than three prior to score updates, the company suggested the former functionality be added after or scrapped.

But the company was profitable for the second consecutive period under standard accounting principles in the third quarter.

While the addition of Black Knight is already paying off in terms of cross-sell success, the unit has posted operating losses in five of the last six quarters.