Secondary markets

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%.