Capital markets

Private-label securitization volume increased 75% this year versus 2023; conditions are right for that to continue, KBRA said.

The real estate investment trust reported a GAAP loss and thin earnings available for distribution as a result of market shifts that also affected some peers.

The Trump victory is considered a positive for changing the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but what would that do to interest rates?

The two companies will retain ties as Daniel Wallace moves to an operational leadership position at a time when non-agency mortgage opportunities are opening up.

The majority of bigger, rated nondepositories will start the year with leaner operations. Opportunities are narrower for smaller players and vary by channel.

The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to lower short-term financing costs in the wake of volatility that has put upward pressure on mortgage rates.

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 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.