Corporate finance

The company reported an $80 million loss for the three-month period on mortgage servicing rights declines but $26 million in net income for the year.

But the company expects positive margins in the first quarter from Bay Equity Home Loans and increased cross-sell capture from real estate agents.

The company's shares jumped after it reported quarterly revenue that wasnhelped by a better-than-expected period for its core advertising business.

All six companies were profitable in the fourth quarter and the full year, but had far less new volume than in 2021.

The government-sponsored enterprise expects a "moderate recession" in the first half of 2023.

Executives at the company said building special-servicing capacity will help the company brace itself for a potential change in the credit cycle.

The company, which recorded positive comprehensive income based on unrealized RMBS gains, sees potential buying opportunities in bulk mortgage-servicing rights amid a wave of sales by Wells Fargo and others.

The company's mortgage operations posted a $24 million pretax profit thanks to servicing, while loan production saw a loss.

Servicing was strong relative to some analysts' estimates, but thin margins and higher-than-expected expenses in originations reduced earnings for the fiscal period.

Industry headwinds led numbers at the software and data provider downward at the end of the year, but company leaders said the unit is positioned well for a market snapback.

The Long Island company is closing 69% of the retail home lending offices previously operated by Flagstar Bancorp. New York Community recently acquired Flagstar for $2.6 billion.

The company reported its seventh consecutive quarter of record adjusted net revenue.

The bank holding company is taking the business purpose lender into the corporate fold and out of its own silo, executives said.

Both Silvergate and Signature banks, two of the most active crypto counterparties in the banking sector, received advances from the quasi-governmental lenders to offset falling deposits.

The Pittsburgh bank posted a solid profit and said that it expects continued loan growth. But the pace of business expansion could slow alongside an economic downturn.

Signature Bank of New York is pulling back from crypto deposits and has increased borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.

Analysts questioned whether the reductions could have a negative impact in terms of scale, but executives said the move has financial advantages — more so than its correspondent exit.

The impact of a weakening economy on quarterly performance will become clearer by the second week of January as banks begin to report fourth-quarter earnings.

Proceeds from the sales, which might not be the last, will pay down a personal loan secured by Nima Ghamsari's holdings.

NYSE American accepted the mortgage company's plan to resolve an existing concern but its persistent losses raised a new issue.