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Commercial-mortgage bond buyers are girding for the biggest deluge of offerings in seven years just as the debt becomes harder to sell amid slipping underwriting standards.

Not every distressed borrower can, will or should get a modification. But in cases where they make sense, mod decisions should be swift and significant.

New regulation meant to ensure banks have enough easy-to-sell assets to survive a crisis is creating doubt over whether $1.1 trillion of mortgage debt qualifies, potentially hurting demand in a key cog of the U.S. home-finance system.

Cleveland's Third Federal Savings and Loan has started offering first-lien mortgage refinance and home equity line of credit loans in four new states, plus the District of Columbia.

Delinquency rates for commercial and multifamily mortgages improved during second quarter, according to a report Thursday from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Sept. 30 sale features eight pools and 15,000 defaulted loans.

The time has come for residential private-label mortgage-backed securities in Canada, but the market will look nothing like the United States'.

National Mortgage News and Mortgage Technology are pleased to announce the finalists for the 15th Annual Mortgage Technology Awards.

The overseer of the Federal Home Loan Banks is planning changes to membership rules that would keep investment firms and lenders lacking customer deposits out of the U.S. government-chartered system.

For the average consumer, bundling purchases is a proven approach to improving value while reducing cost.