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Loans securing commercial mortgage-backed securities finished 2012 at their lowest levels of new defaults since 2008.

360 Mortgage Group is offering a product designed for borrowers who qualify for less than 20% mortgage downpayment loans.

The deal, K-712, has an estimated size of $1.4 billion.

Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency have released presale reports on the fifth Sequoia/Redwood Trust jumbo mortgage-backed securitization of the year.

Piggyback mortgages all but disappeared following the housing bust but they appear to be staging a comeback as lenders continue to gain confidence in the housing recovery.

New seasonally adjusted purchase loan application volume is up 1% for the week ended March 19.

In its 2012 annual report, Fannie Mae noted that most private insurers have lowered their premiums over the past two years for borrowers with high credit scores.

In the latest version of the National Real Estate Post, Frank and Brian discuss the future of the government-sponsored enterprises.

SNR Denton, Salans LLP and Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP have merged into a new polycentric global law firm.

United States Appraisals, a national appraisal management company, has joined the Collateral Risk Network.