Finance

More than half of mortgage stocks traded at minor discounts not higher than 1.5% on Monday.

Property analytics experts now offer neighbor valuations for 12,939 ZIP codes compared to the prior amount of 11,408.

When it comes to the securitized commercial mortgage market there were already worries about credit standards slipping before rates started to rise.

Fed policy makers have pledged to maintain $85 billion in monthly buying until the job market improves substantially.

A builder and some mortgage insurers were among the companies on this publication’s Mortgage Industry Equity Composite that fared well Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook for CommonWealth REIT's Baa3 senior unsecured rating to negative from stable.

Ginnie Mae MBS issuance totaled $39.1 billion in July, down 4.6% from the prior month.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is opposed to the idea of local or state governments using eminent domain to restructure mortgage loans, especially loans involving the GSEs.

Efforts to overhaul the mortgage finance system are gaining momentum, but key logistical hurdles remain as lawmakers prepare to return from the August recess.

A panel including former bank regulator Sheila Bair cautioned that the Federal Reserve must take a clear and steady direction out of its "experimental" monetary policies so as not to further harm the economy.

Insight Wireless Group is marketing $177.5 million of securities backed by mortgages on cellular towers.

Lenders that sell loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be responsible for determining their compliance with the qualified mortgage rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The best states for good health and building real estate wealth are Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, North Carolina, California, Tennessee, Montana, Wyoming, Iowa and Arkansas.

JPMorgan and Assured reached an agreement resolving the claims this month, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated Aug. 9.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has scheduled a board of directors meeting next week to act on the proposal, which is also known as the qualified mortgage rule.

Treasury losses are being matched this month by declines in mortgage-backed securities as the Federal Reserve prepares to reduce purchases of both securities as soon as September.

According to one economist, housing inventories are low and credit standards are tight and that is not going to change anytime soon.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 4.6% decline in mortgage application volume on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Aug. 16.

Mortgage insurer MGIC Investment Corp.’s percentage gain was the largest at the close of the standard trading day when it was up 5.46% at $7.15 per share.