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The government controlled Freddie Mac posted a net loss of $4.4 billion in the third quarter, blaming the performance on higher credit costs, and declining interest rates, which impacted the fair value of its investment in derivatives.

Fannie Mae recently opened a mortgage help center in St. Louis to provide free education and counseling services to local homeowners who are facing hardship.

Case Property Services has added a new service that helps borrowers and lenders resolve a commercial real estate workout.

Delinquency rates on securitized commercial mortgages continued to creep up in October with CMBS issuance slowing to a halt.

First Federal Savings and Loan Association, a subsidiary of First Financial Holdings, has signed an agreement to sell nearly $198 million of selected performing loans and classified assets to Varde Partners' joint venture partners FirstCity Financial Corp., Mountain Real Estate Group and Shelving Rock Partners.

Clear Capital, a real estate analytics firm that provides data and solutions for financial services companies, has made changes to its senior executive team to support the company's business expansion.

The U.S. homeownership rate rose unexpectedly in the third quarter from 2Q as rental vacancies climbed -- with new evidence suggesting that tenants are tiring of rising rents.

BB&T Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire BankAtlantic to accelerate the financial services provider's expansion in Southeast Florida.

Because of still challenging market-making conditions, Credit Suisse Group is set to either downsize or cut altogether some securitization businesses and fixed-income units.

Nearly two-thirds – or 60% – of European CMBS maturing loans could fail to repay by the end of 2012, according to Standard & Poor's.