Investments

Consolidation among large independent mortgage bankers is likely as several lack the financial wherewithal to deal with the changing environment, Moody's said.

In a bitterly partisan Congress, two senators are making a rare push across party lines to solve a persistent riddle with huge implications for the U.S. housing market: What to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Higher interest rates have reduced prepayments to levels not seen since 2014.

With interest rates on the rise, analysts say the Fed could start shrinking its unprecedented $1.75 trillion position in mortgage-backed securities by year-end.

LoanDepot Inc. is exploring the possibility of reviving a stock offering after cancelling one in November 2015

Profits at Mill Valley, Calif.-based Redwood Trust shrank during the fourth quarter, reflecting lower interest income and net losses on the fair value of investments.

CoreLogic reported a 90% year-over-year decline in net income during the fourth quarter, as impairment charges more than offset the company's revenue gains.

Ocwen Financial Corp. reduced its net loss in the fourth quarter, a reflection of the company's efforts to reduce expenses.

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that barred hedge funds from suing to overturn the U.S. government's 2012 decision to capture billions of dollars in the profits generated by the mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after their bailout.

New Residential Investment Corp. had net income of $225 million in the fourth quarter, more than double the $103 million reported for the same period in 2015.

The change of power in the White House will not affect Fannie Mae's focus for 2017 in bringing innovations similar to the Day 1 Certainty program to its customers, CEO Timothy Mayopoulos said in an interview.

Genworth Financial's U.S. mortgage insurance business had adjusted operating income of $61 million in the fourth quarter, up over 50% from the same period in 2015, as its new insurance written grew by 42% year over year.

PennyMac Financial Services reported higher income, reflecting larger net gains on mortgage loans held for sale.

SL Green Realty Corp. is tapping the securitization market to refinance 485 Lexington Ave., a 32-story office building in Midtown Manhattan.

Invitation Homes, the real estate investment trust controlled by private equity firm the Blackstone Group, has found a new source of financing for its portfolio of single-family rental homes: Fannie Mae.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 20,000 threshold for the first time Wednesday, but the post-election stock market rally has produced a mixed bag for mortgage demand and the industry's publicly traded companies.

PHH is selling its remaining residential mortgage servicing portfolio to the real estate investment trust New Residential.

Stanford Kurland will step down from his role as CEO of PennyMac Financial Services and its affiliate PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and assume the role of executive chairman of both as part of a broader executive reorganization.

Fidelity National Financial plans to distribute the stock it owns in Black Knight Financial Services to its shareholders as part of a plan to simplify the corporate structure of the two companies and increase Black Knight's liquidity.

Fannie Mae joined Freddie Mac in announcing plans to delist some previously issued Connecticut Avenue Securities, which transfer the credit risk on residential mortgages, from the Irish Stock Exchange.