Allison Bisbey

Fannie Mae's final risk-sharing transaction of the year was with reinsurers.

In their search for ways to shift the credit risk of mortgages from taxpayers to capital markets, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be overlooking important players: the lenders that make these loans in the first place.

Freddie Mac priced another residential mortgage securitization that includes a mix of guaranteed and nonguaranteed notes.

Commercial mortgage underwriting standards have already loosened dramatically this year, but it seems that some borrowers are still trying to get away with a little more.

Fannie Mae has transferred the credit risk on a $12 billion pool of mortgages to reinsurers.

The congressman thinks there could be an opportunity to push covered bond legislation through now that a standoff over the debt ceiling has been resolved.

Redwood Trust's fourth residential mortgage securitization of the year is backed entirely by 15-year, fixed-rate loans.

Freddie Mac is preparing its fourth offering of bonds offloading exposure to actual losses on mortgages that it ensures, according to Fitch Ratings.

Fannie Mae's latest offering of Connecticut Avenue Securities, its last of the year, is the first to offer exposure to actual losses on residential mortgages that it insures.

B2R Holdings, the parent company of B2R Finance, which lends to landlords, has rebranded as Lending.com.