Secondary

The next single-asset CMBS to hit the market is backed by the land under an iconic Manhattan address known as the Lipstick Building.

Essent Group Ltd., the Hamilton, Bermuda-based parent of Essent Guaranty, reported first-quarter net income of $66.6 million.

The Securities and Exchange Commission isn't planning to bring an enforcement action tied to Deutsche Bank's losing nearly $550 million on mortgage-bond trades.

Fannie Mae said it expects to make a $2.8 billion dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury in June after reporting a first-quarter profit driven by a relatively stable mortgage market and a continued decline in delinquencies.

Real estate finance advisory services and technology provider Situs has purchased The Collingwood Group, a Washington advisory group staffed largely by former government mortgage agency officials.

As Nationstar Mortgage Holdings finalizes plans to change its name to Mr. Cooper, the nonbank lender and servicer is exploring options to part ways with Xome, the settlement services and real estate business it rebranded less than two years ago.

Velocity Commercial Capital is launching a small-balance commercial mortgage securitization, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

From housing finance reform to the latest economic projections, here's a look at the biggest stories and best insights from this week's Mortgage Bankers Association National Secondary Market Conference in New York.

Late payments on loans securing commercial mortgage-backed securities rose in April as borrowers failed to make balloon payments on maturing loans.

In an attempt to show it went all out to help struggling homeowners, the embattled mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial provided an unusual level of detail about foreclosures it says regulators have deemed "inappropriate."