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Analysts at Kroll Bond Rating Agency predict issuance in bonds backed by commercial mortgages could hit $125 billion next year, even with borrowing costs rising as interest rates go up.

There could be more willingness among lenders to roll back self-imposed requirements for agency loans in 2016, but secondary-market conditions will be mixed for mortgage sellers while rates and costs are poised to rise.

Mortgage stocks for the most part saw price per share gains in the wake of the Federal Open Markets Committee decision to raise short-term rates.

A new report from Fannie Mae suggests the millennial generation is getting a move on.

Genworth Financial Inc. has named Kevin Schneider, currently executive vice president of global mortgage insurance, as its chief operating officer.

The agency released a plan Tuesday that would provide incentives for owners of manufactured housing communities to reform their practices if they want to tap financing by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate improved from October to November, according to Fitch Ratings.

Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased in the third quarter, in a quarterly comparison, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Fannie Mae is offering yet another carrot to lenders that have lobbied extensively for relief from loan repurchases.

In their search for ways to shift the credit risk of mortgages from taxpayers to capital markets, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be overlooking important players: the lenders that make these loans in the first place.