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A CMBS backed by 76 mortgages that are in turn secured by 91 properties is coming to market, according to presales by Fitch Ratings and Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities appreciated at a faster pace in the year ended in January, indicating the residential real estate market continues to firm.

Some nonbank issuers of mortgage-backed securities are wrestling with capital pressures, and Ginnie Mae has cooperated with their efforts to sell chunks of mortgage-servicing-revenue streams to investors.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals has issued an industrywide call to improve access to affordable housing.

Mel Watt, the former North Carolina lawmaker, has earned praised for his cautious approach to guiding the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But critics say he is making it even more difficult to craft a system without them.

A Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights portfolio with approximately $10 billion of unpaid principal balance is now on the market.

Financial institutions are far from drowning because of underwater mortgages, with the impact of these loans mostly behind them, according to Fitch Ratings.

Blackstone Group's rental-home finance company plans to offer bonds backed by properties managed by many landlords, the first sale of the debt from multiple borrowers.

Higher credit enhancement did not necessarily pay off for Wells Fargo in its latest commercial mortgage securitization.

Lower-than-expected interest rates and greater demand for purchase loans has been a boon for both mortgage lenders and the crop of new or returning players providing warehouse lines of credit.