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Applications for loans on newly built homes are still up considerably from a year ago, but they were down a little from October in the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest survey.

The $425 million loan securitization is among two single-asset, commercial-mortgage deals launching this week. Brookfield Asset Management's global real estate arm is also tapping investors to finance an $825 million loan backed by a downtown Manhattan office building.

With coronavirus inoculations underway and government stimulus likely to come, the outlook for next year’s housing market and lending environment grew more optimistic in December.

The affordable housing nonprofit's Equitable Path Forward initiative seeks to eliminate "the deep-rooted legacy of racism in housing."

Last year, smaller lenders were put at a slight disadvantage in terms of what they were charged in guarantee fees when they sold loans for cash.

The industry is now likely to top 2019's nearly $16 billion in premiums written.

The pool of 359 loans also on average carry higher balances (over $900,000) compared to the REIT's earlier pass-through deal this year.

Albuquerque, N.M., home prices dipped slightly from October to November, but still remained well above where they stood 12 months earlier.

The architects of two major loan deals featuring Black banks, one involving multiple lenders and a pro sports franchise and another backed by Citigroup, say more transactions like these are in the works.

While 12,000 mortgages exited forbearance, the most borrowers entered forbearance protection in a week since early September, according to Black Knight.