Finance

No two mortgage servicing rights portfolios look the same, and buyers have strong opinions about the kinds of deals they want to do. Here are some factors that can swing MSR transaction values, according to Matt Maurer, managing director at MountainView Capital Holdings.

There's been concern this year that commercial mortgage bonds are getting backed by loans that are increasingly risky.

The reform law's Qualified Mortgage and risk-retention rules have restricted access to credit, sowing demand for niche products offered by nonbank lenders.

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

Fannie Mae has introduced an improved online data portal, which users can customize to receive reports on loan servicing, pricing and other areas.

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.

Cenlar FSB, the nation's largest mortgage subservicer, will open a loan-servicing center in Tempe, Ariz.

The House approved a bill Monday night capping pay for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's top executives, sending the measure to President Obama's desk to be signed into law.

The chief executive officers of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are set to receive a multimillion-dollar pay cut.

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.

Joshua Banschick, a mortgage bond trader at JPMorgan Chase & Co., has returned to work nearly a year after the bank placed him on leave amid government probes into that market.

Four Federal Home Loan Banks have recruited 74 members to participate in their new Mortgage Partnership Finance jumbo loan program.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. posted a third-quarter loss due mainly to a hit on unrealized derivatives income.

Invitation Homes chose to exercise an option to extend the term of a loan backing the first single-family rental securitization.

Freddie Mac has launched an auction of $1.2 billion of nonperforming loans, while Fannie Mae has announced the two winners of its recent auction of $1.24 billion of nonperforming loans.

Banks have added so much capital in the past several years that they're better protected from declines in real estate values than they were before the financial crisis.

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. reported declining profits in the third quarter, citing unrealized fair value changes in leveraged assets.

A proprietary loan origination system is the best way to stay ahead of compliance and organizational growth.

Mixed views of the economy drove consumers' overall trust in the housing market down in October, according to Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index.