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Managing portfolios for an influx of servicing rights investors helps mortgage companies augment revenue and keep rising costs and compliance risks in check.

With refinancing coming in a little stronger than expected and underwriting loosening, Fannie Mae has slightly increased its forecast for total volume in 2017.

PHH Corp. completed the sale of its Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights portfolio to New Residential Corp. for $102 million, but the sale of the Fannie Mae MSRs will take place in the third quarter.

From the Trump administration's initial efforts at reg relief and GSE reform to dramatic shifts in the servicing landscape, here's a look back at the top stories shaping the mortgage industry during the first half of 2017.

Five Oaks Investment Corp. priced its follow-up 4 million common stock offering at $4.60 per share.

Granite Point Mortgage Trust is selling 10 million shares of common stock in an initial public offering to be priced between $20 and $21 per share.

A former Nomura Holdings trader was found guilty of conspiring to lie to clients about mortgage-bond prices, while another was cleared of all charges in a verdict that highlights the challenge of policing fraud in the market.

The REIT obtained a $2.3 billion loan on the 50-story office and retail property from four banks; a $1.3 billion portion serves as collateral for BXP Trust 2017-GM.

Freddie Mac has priced its first credit-risk transfer securities backed in part by tax-exempt loans used to finance affordable multifamily rental properties.

The move follows mounting criticism that many homeowners using property assessments to finance energy efficiency upgrades can neither understand, nor afford, the terms of deals.