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Freddie Mac has priced its new 0.875% three-year Reference Notes security due on Oct. 14, 2016 at 99.985 to yield 0.88%.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities market metrics when it comes to new issuance are stable compared to the previous quarter, but are worse than those seen a year ago.

The securitization, COMM 2013-300P Mortgage Trust, consists of three classes of notes assigned preliminary AAA ratings by Fitch Ratings.

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust filed information on the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 11.3 million common shares in a move it said may help fund its correspondent lending business.

Even though rates on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined during the survey week, so did loan application volume as the Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 4.7% decline on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended Aug. 9.

A Richey May report pegged 2Q commissions at 78 basis points and the four-month average for commissions at about 80 basis points of total production.

We're hearing while some think adjustable-rate mortgages have been making a comeback, there are some differences in opinions.

There was just $9.5 billion of home equity that was taken out of properties in a mortgage refinance in the second quarter, according to Freddie Mac.

The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based lender is getting its secondary market approvals to sell direct to the agencies.

Syncora Guarantee’s lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase unit Bear Stearns of making false and misleading statements connected with a mortgage-backed securities transaction was dismissed on appeal.