Capital markets

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.

A proposed downpayment assistance plan spurred former Ginnie Mae chief Ted Tozer's revival of a zero-down FHA loan concept.

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.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

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.

Drey Roberts and his team move to de novo warehouse lender Primis Bank as former home Independent Bank makes a strategic exit.

The government-sponsored enterprise reported its best quarter of the year in terms of net income as well as single family business acquired as rates fell to 6.08%.

Freddie Mac also indicated that it will be proceeding with its closely watched second-lien pilot, while Fannie reported gains in serving credit invisible borrowers.

Mortgage bonds get hit hard when there's growing uncertainty about the direction of rates, due to the election, because their returns depend so much on it.

A trade group's estimates point to another quarter of profitability in housing finance, but originations have limits and loan performance is under pressure.

The lender and servicer will use proceeds to erase a series of notes due over the next three years.