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Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. announced its Q1 earnings on Thursday, with the company’s GAAP net income hitting $160 million for the quarter. That’s up significantly over Q4 2017, when Nationstar’s GAAP net income was reported at $41 million. On an ...

A rough 2015 for non-bank mortgage servicers has spilled over into 2016.

Many have expressed concerns that the GSEs cannot continue their profitability. Freddie Mac announced on Thursday, however, that it was profitable for the fourth consecutive year in 2015.

Though Fannie Mae was profitable in Q3, the Enterprise’s net income and comprehensive income both declined by more than 50 percent from the previous quarter when it reported totals of $4.6 billion and $4.4 billion, respectively. The decline in net income was primarily due to fair value losses which were partially offset by credit-related income.

Morgan Stanley reported net revenues of $7.8 billion for the quarter ending September 30, 2015, compared to net revenues of $8.9 billion from the same reporting period a year earlier. Net income applicable to Morgan Stanley for Q3 was also down from a year ago, from $1.7 billion at the end of Q3 2014 ($0.83 per diluted share) to $1.0 billion at the end of Q3 2015 ($0.48 per diluted share).

Derivative losses were largely responsible for dropping Freddie Mac's net income by nearly $2 billion from Q3 to Q4 down to $227 million, but the GSE responded by nearly doubling that net income total in Q1 to $524 million. It marked the 14th consecutive quarter of profitability for Freddie Mac. In Q1, derivative losses declined to $2.4 billion, down from $3.4 billion the previous quarter.

Freddie Mac reported a net income of $227 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, a decline of $1.9 billion from the third quarter. The GSE attributed the drop in net income to derivative losses, which totaled $3.4 billion for the quarter driven by declining interest rates.

Bank of America originated $17 billion worth of first-lien residential mortgage loans and home equity loans in Q1, which helped the bank's net income rise to $3.4 billion for Q1. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank also reported a 45 percent year-over-year decline in the number of first mortgage loans serviced by its Legacy Assets unit that were 60 or more days delinquent, down to 153,000.

Increased litigation expenses at a few larger banks caused the Q4 aggregate net income for commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The FDIC Chairman was still encouraged by the numbers, however.