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Commercial mortgage lenders, and investors in their bonds, have been more eager than the residential market to embrace Property Assessed Clean Energy loans even though those loans hold a superior-lien position. Here’s why.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. has agreed to sell a portfolio of excess mortgage servicing rights back to its strategic alliance partner Freedom Mortgage.

The default rates for first and second mortgages rose prior to the presidential election, according to Standard & Poor's and Experian.

The Federal Housing Administration's insurance fund saw its fourth consecutive annual boost in its ratio of reserves to insured mortgages, reaching 2.32% in fiscal year 2016, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said Tuesday.

For the first time, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is selling notes secured by unoccupied one-to-four homes where the last surviving reverse mortgage borrower died.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending Nov. 11.

MTLGQ Investors, a Goldman Sachs affiliate, submitted the winning bids in Fannie Mae's sale of $1.3 million of nonperforming loans.

Even with Republicans controlling both Congress and the White House, it's highly unlikely the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be completely eliminated. However, under the new presidential administration's oversight, many of its more aggressive policies will likely change.

The heightened refinancing activity is seen as increasing Ginnie Mae prepayment speeds and reducing the value of mortgage servicing rights.

Mortgage lobbyists are eager to seize on Republican victories in the House, Senate and White House races, hoping to advance the industry's aims in the next Congress.