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Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.85% during the week ending Oct. 1 — merely a one-basis-point decrease from last week.

The long-delayed approval of the merger of M&T and Hudson City should have been a bright spot in postcrisis M&A, but a small footnote from the Fed quickly reminded bankers that dealmaking will remain a demanding process.

American Finance Trust, a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust, plans to securitize a $649.5 million loan that is secured by 268 single-tenant properties, according to Standard & Poor's.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is planning to issue a final rule in the next 12 months to require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to better serve underserved markets, including manufactured housing, the agency said Thursday.

USAA will shift about 120 positions in its mortgage operations from an office near Dallas, to offices in Tampa, Fla., and Phoenix.

In a quarter that saw a rout in global stocks, commodities and major currencies, at least one investment stayed hot: Manhattan apartments.

If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau provides lenders with a hold harmless period, it must also include protections to keep lenders from facing future lawsuits related to TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures compliance.

WinWater Home Mortgage is back with its largest ever securitization of residential mortgage loans.

Community bankers merit more regulatory relief, particularly those that hold mortgage originations. That was a key message from James Bullard, St. Louis Fed President, during a community banking conference in St. Louis hosted by the Federal Reserve Board and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.

Loans that underlie commercial mortgage-backed securities fell in price from July to August, according to DebtX.