Origination

U.S. commercial real estate remains very attractive to both domestic and international investors despite a drawn-out recovery.

Fidelity National Financial has increased the cash component of its offer for Lender Processing Services by $500 million.

For the first time since the collapse of the real estate market eight years ago, Massachusetts foreclosure starts fell below 250.

The average interest rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined five basis points to 3.93% for the week ended June 20.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Rockefeller Foundation have launched a multistage regional design competition that aims to promote housing construction innovation in Hurricane Sandy-affected areas.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray defended the agency's new mortgage rules, data-gathering activities and single-director leadership structure.

The GSE regulator should direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to use the same credit underwriting standards in their automated underwriting systems, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

As of June, 167,680 homeowners decided to leave their home that lenders have foreclosed upon.

Shellpoint’s long-awaited first jumbo residential mortgage-backed securities deal is in the pipeline, and it is backed by a $261.58 million loan pool with slightly broader group of borrowers than other deals.

Only portfolio lender Astoria Financial, a company which would benefit from higher interest rates, closed higher on Wednesday.