The Lede

HousingWire, Nov. 9, 2016--Ramirez, Kelsey What do housing experts say about this shocking Trump victory? As it turns out, they're very divided in their opinions of what this will mean for the housing market, and the economy overall.

CNBC, Nov. 9, 2016--Olick, Diana  Mortgage interest rates have trended higher for five straight weeks. "Economic news in recent weeks has been mostly positive, especially in terms of GDP growth and increasing wages. This raises the likelihood of the Fed raising rates at its December meeting," said Mortgage Bankers Association Economist Joel Kan.

Colorado Real Estate Journal, Nov. 9, 2016--Salzman, Michael Life companies expected a busy 2016, but when commercial mortgage-backed securities interest rates rose, life companies seized the opportunity to invest loan dollars at relatively attractive yields.

Mortgage Orb, Nov. 9, 2016--Caley, Nora When Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reported their earnings for the third quarter, both reported strong returns, but this was not greeted as particularly good news among mortgage industry observers.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 9, 2016--Cameron, Doug; Tita, Bob President-elect Trump pledged on the campaign trail to spend $1 trillion over 10 years on a variety of infrastructure projects.

American Banker, Nov. 9, 2016--Heltman, John Analysts sifting through the outcome of Donald Trump's victory Tuesday night are singling out the Financial Stability Oversight Council as one of the most immediate casualties of the change in administrations. 

Reuters, Nov. 9, 2016--Bathjia, Kailash; Bararia; Anu; Sen, Sarmista; Forgione, Samuel 85 percent of 62 respondents in a survey taken on Wednesday after the shock vote said the Fed would go ahead with a rate rise, its first in a year. Forecasts came from several of the Wall Street primary dealers as well as European analysts.

Mortgage Daily, Nov. 9, 2016 Allegations that PHH Mortgage Corp. has been deficient in its mortgage origination and servicing practices in New York have been been settled.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 9, 2016--Andriotis, Annamaria MBA President and CEO David Stevens, CMB, said it is possible that a new attorney general appointed by Donald Trump would scale back these lawsuits, lessening risk of regulatory retaliation and possibly paving the way for big banks to return to FHA lending.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--Passy, Jacob The Mortgage Bankers Association is focused on identifying and reaching out to the "key people who are going to be advising the president," said the David Stevens, the group's president and CEO.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 10, 2016--Ip, Greg Early in campaign, Trump called himself a 'low-interest rates person,' but by the end he was warning of the danger of low rates.

HousingWire, Nov. 9, 2016--Lane, Ben Even before this election, there were already Republican-led efforts underway in Congress to change the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (or eliminate it entirely) and repeal Dodd-Frank.

National Mortgage News, Nov. 9, 2016--Berry, Kate; McKendry, Ian President-elect Donald Trump might attempt to remove Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray from his post and boost legislative efforts to weaken its powers.

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