Finance

The government-sponsored enterprise is working to rebuild partnerships with church organizations and housing financing agencies as part of a broader effort to make owning a home affordable for low- and moderate-income families.

Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it misled shareholders about risky mortgages and its dependence on the electronic mortgage registry known as MERS.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said there's "no merit" to a lawsuit filed by a unit of Cerberus Capital Management LP accusing the bank of defaulting on payments tied to U.S. real estate.

Deutsche Bank is exiting agency residential mortgage-backed securities trading as part of a larger strategic plan announced Thursday that cuts thousands of positions in numerous business lines worldwide.

The administration apparently intends to leave office without addressing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's capital bases and therefore the tight credit conditions.

Radian Group's private mortgage insurance subsidiary pulled back from certain pricing discounts that have driven competition in recent months in that business.

Nobody thought it would be pretty, but last quarter's results were even worse than expected, and low fee revenue is largely to blame. Trading and mortgage banking were particularly bad, and few of the big banks managed to offset the declines.

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

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The first securitization of single-family rental properties appears to be at risk of a maturity default.

The commercial real estate loans that underlie commercial mortgage-backed securities posted a modest increase in price from August to September, according to DebtX.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to sell about $1.3 billion of nonperforming residential loans next month.

Genworth Financial agreed to sell a European mortgage insurance operation to AmTrust Financial Services Inc. as CEO Tom McInerney divests assets to bolster capital amid tighter regulation on companies that back home loans in the U.S.

Residential mortgage-backed securities servicers are improving their processes despite generally adverse market conditions, Fitch Ratings found.

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NCUA said it has entered into an agreement under which investment bank Barclay's Capital will pay $325 million to resolve claims arising from losses related to the purchase of faulty residential mortgage-backed securities by corporate credit unions.

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.

Housing finance reform in Congress is stalled, but Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (often under pressure from their regulator) are forming partnerships, developing new products and finding ways to share risk with the private sector to correct flaws in the housing system.

Over a third of appraisals during the third quarter featured property quality or condition ratings that did not match previous ratings, according to an Oct. 19 report from Platinum Data Solutions.

Ginnie Mae's limited resources are going to be focused on working with its existing issuers, especially those that are not creating new securities, according to its president.