Allison Bisbey

Buyers of the unrated B tranche, which transfers the first 100 basis points of losses when homeowners default, will be paid a spread of 795 basis points over one-month Libor.

Freddie Mac is in the market with its fourth risk-sharing transaction of the year.

Fannie Mae is planning to follow the lead of its rival, Freddie Mac, and offer securities with exposure to actual losses on the single-family mortgages that it ensures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency's warning that so called super-priority liens on houses do not come before Freddie Mac's bodes well for investors in the mortgage giant's latest risk-sharing transaction, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Freddie Mac's next STACR offering will offer investors exposure to actual losses on residential mortgages, something the mortgage giant says investors have been asking for.

Ocwen Financial's termination as servicer of two residential mortgage securitizations has no immediate impact on the strength of the company, but it does set a "negative precedent" that could eventually lead to the servicer being fired from more deals, Moody's Investors Service warns.

The first multiborrower single-family rental securitization is on its way, and it could be just the beginning.

Former Congressman Barney Frank, co-author of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, is not opposed to changes in the eponymous legislation, but in some cases he thinks the rules should be tightened, rather than loosened.

WinWater Home Mortgage is preparing another plain-vanilla private-label residential mortgage securitization.

Freddie Mac priced its first Structured Agency Credit Risk transaction of the year. The Series 2015-DN1 was upsized to $880 million from $775 million originally.

Standard & Poor’s agreed to a one-year suspension from rating certain commercial mortgage bonds and $80 million in fines to settle charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York and Massachusetts Attorneys Generals offices.

Two Harbors' first residential mortgage securitization of the year doesn't exactly break any new ground.

Freddie Mac's first three risk-sharing transactions of 2015 are all insurance policies.

FirstKey Mortgage, an entity linked to Cerberus Capital Management, is planning a securitization of reperforming residential mortgages, according to Fitch Ratings.

Leading commercial real estate lenders expect loan volume in 2015 to top 2014, driven by refinancing of maturing debt and strong market fundamentals.

Fannie Mae, risk sharing, private capital, reinsurers.

Commercial real estate lender Walker & Dunlop has added three originators to a conduit and high-yield lending joint venture with Fortress Investment Group.

Rialto Capital is in the market with $147 million of bonds backed by nonperforming commercial and residential mortgages, according to a presale report published by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Redwood Trust is preparing what may be the first securitization of residential mortgage bonds that do not fall under new rules designed to ensure that borrowers can afford the payments.