Investments

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.

San Francisco has completed the transfer of ownership of its public housing sites from the San Francisco Housing Authority to community-based affordable housing teams, part of a long-term bond-financed initiative begun in 2013.

Fannie Mae's new representation and warranty relief offers lenders a long-awaited incentive to use its automated loan validation technology. But is it enough for lenders to make the necessary technology updates and process changes to implement the tools?

A third securitization of single-family rental properties by Colony American Finance is also the smallest to date for the REIT-affiliated lender.

Deutsche Bank jumped in Frankfurt trading after a media report that the lender is nearing a $5.4 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in a probe tied to residential mortgage-backed securities, less than half an initial request.

The New York City Housing Development Corp. board approved the appointment of Eric Enderlin as president.

Arch Capital Group has planned a secondary public offering to raise some of the cash for its $3.4 billion acquisition of United Guaranty Corp. from American International Group.

Impac Mortgage Holdings has released the pricing of an upcoming follow-on stock offering.

Renovate America is marketing a $320.2 million securitization of Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds, its third of the year and eighth overall.

The first reboot of S&P 500 Index group weights in almost two decades has arrived, shaking up stock portfolios and conjuring an industry out of real estate investment trusts that will infuse at least one lightweight ETF with sudden riches.

Colony Starwood Homes has sold a portfolio of 1,675 nonperforming loans, as it winds down its business in the space.