Income Drops at Annaly in First Quarter May 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey The REIT had $130.3 million of net income in the first quarter, down 72.5% compared with the previous quarter.Read More
Redwood’s Earnings Improve With Gain on Investments May 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey “A decline in interest rates resulted in higher valuations,” Redwood noted.Read More
Short Takes: House Committee Approves Large Cut to CFPB’s Budget / Pending Home Sales Up / Large Nonbanks in Good Spot / New Expanded-Credit MBS From Ares May 1, 2025 Brandon Ivey The House Financial Services Committee moved a bill forward that would reduce the budget for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by close to 70%.Read More
Pulte Not Putting Emphasis on Ending GSE Conservatorship April 30, 2025 Brandon Ivey Pulte reiterated that movements in interest rates on mortgages will help to guide GSE reform.Read More
Short Takes: The Fed’s ‘Quandary’ / Weak Demand for Purchase Mortgages / Impairment Rate on Non-QMs Declines / SoFi Increasing Home Lending April 30, 2025 Brandon Ivey The data the Federal Reserve relies on shows a slowing economy but also increased risk of inflation.Read More
Servicing for Fannie Declines in the First Quarter April 29, 2025 Dennis Hollier There was also a slight year-over-year decline in Fannie servicing.Read More
Two Harbors Takes Loss in First Quarter With MSR Values Down April 29, 2025 Brandon Ivey The REIT also had a $98.8 million loss during the quarter on interest rate swap and swaption agreements, which are used for hedging.Read More
Income Plummets at Rithm’s Mortgage Unit in First Quarter April 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey Much of the swing was tied to a decline in the value of mortgage servicing rights.Read More
Losses Pile Up at PlainsCapital Bank’s PrimeLending April 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey PrimeLending took an $8.3 million pre-tax loss in the first quarter of 2025.Read More
Agency MBS REITs Lean on Liquidity Amid Volatility April 25, 2025 Brandon Ivey “We were able to navigate that by basically just doing nothing and allowing the market to sort of go through what it had to go through,” said Peter Federico, president, CEO and chief investment officer of AGNC Investment.Read More