FMY News and Press, First Trust Motgage Income Fund of Beneficial Interest From 02/20/19

First Trust Mortgage Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: FMY) has declared the Fund’s regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution in the amount of $0.06 per share payable on March 15, 2019, to shareholders of record as of March 4, 2019. The ex-dividend date is expected to be Mar...

Among topics discussed at FOMC's January meeting was what to do with principal payments received from mortgage-backed securities. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF, VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF, Financi...

Mortgage refinancing rose in January from December, but is expected to subside as home purchases pick up relative to refinances in the busier spring months. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF, VanEck Vectors Mortga...

U.S. mortgage rates move down ahead of the spring homebuying season, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage falling to a 10-month low. More news on: SPDR Homebuilders ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio ETF, Financial stocks news, Ne...

via Christopher Maloney at Bloomberg More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped ETF, VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF, News on ETFs Read more ...

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. MBS Index in January saw excess return vs. Treasuries of 32 basis points, its best monthly tally since 35-bps increase in September 2017. More news on: Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund, TCW Strategic Income Fund, Principal Real Estate Inc Fund, Financ...

Homebuilders' stocks gain strongly after new home sales reached a nine-month high in November, and October's number was revised upward. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, D. R. Horton Inc., KB Home, Stocks on the move, Financial stocks news, News on ETFs, Read more ......

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 4.45% for the week ending Jan. 24, 2019, unchanged from the previous week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Survey. More news on: iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, D. R. Horton Inc., KB Home, Financial stocks news, News on the U.S. economy,...

Unconventional mortgages--once blamed for contributing to the housing meltdown 10 years ago--are making a comeback as lenders look for new borrowers to drive growth, the Wall Street Journal reports. More news on: Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Mortgage Opportun...

Black Knight's (NYSE: BKI ) "first look" at December 2018 month-end mortgage performance stats shows the national foreclosure rate at the lowest year-end figure since 2005,  with 0.52% of mortgages in active foreclosure. More news on: Black Knight, Inc., UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Le...