Finance

The comeback of commercial real estate lending is gaining momentum, especially credits backed by apartments and leased properties.

Freddie Mac provided $13.5 billion in financing for the multifamily market during the first half of this year, but it plans to cut back in the second half.

The two executives in their motion seek to demonstrate that “the SEC’s remaining claims have no basis in fact."

Approximately, 64% of the bonds are expected to recover 50%-100% of their current outstanding balance, while 24% are expected to have a 0% recovery rate.

JPMorgan Chase more than doubled its 2013 issuance forecast for collateralized loan obligations in Europe to as much as 10 billion euros.

Gleacher & Co. has hired Blackstone Advisory Partners as advisors to consider potential mergers, acquisitions or other business combinations.

Radian Group said its unit guaranteeing home loans may need additional capital if U.S.-backed housing finance companies tighten their demands.

Interactive Mortgage Advisors as an exclusive broker for an unnamed seller is offering another package of bulk Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has released a request for input on placing limits on multifamily loan terms, income levels and loan amounts.

It is not easy to be an agency mortgage investor, particularly not with uncertainty about the longevity of Fed intervention and government-sponsored enterprise reform pending.

The deal has a $325 million original balance that is backed by fee-simple and leasehold interest in a mall located in McLean, Va.

The American Securitization Forum is urging mortgage servicers and trustees to reject offers that the city of Richmond, Calif., is making to buy mortgages out of private trusts at deeply discounted prices or face eminent domain proceedings.

Mortgage Industry Advisory Corp. as exclusive representative of an unnamed West Coast mortgage company is offering for sale another package of mortgage servicing rights.

Comparative data on servicers of securitized residential mortgage loans show RMBS investors are likely to shoulder higher carrying costs due to long and lengthening completed foreclosure timelines.

Investors Thursday seemed to think Annaly's earnings didn't look too bad, especially considering that its mortgage investments—as its CEO describes them—can be “somewhat of a pain in the…”

We're hearing from the NAR who recently wrote to the assistant secretary of housing about the FHA certification and recertification process for condos.

Fannie Mae is reducing its loan loss reserves and reporting strong profits but it has no intention of relaxing its underwriting standards to increase purchase mortgage volume.

The company is under investigation for practices tied to sales of mortgage-backed bonds that the Justice Department has already concluded broke civil laws.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which policymakers are trying to unwind, have operated with explicit affordable housing goals for more than 20 years.

Over the past few months, Fannie has raised the prices it pays to community-based lenders for mortgage loans.