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A global bond-market slump pushed yields on benchmark U.S. mortgage securities to the highest level in more than seven months, signaling potential pressure on the American housing market amid its peak selling season.

Buyers of the unrated B tranche, which transfers the first 100 basis points of losses when homeowners default, will be paid a spread of 795 basis points over one-month Libor.

Weekly demand for mortgage loans continues its trend of being consistently inconsistent.

Farmer Mac officials are confident about the stability and continued performance of the loans on their books, even as the agricultural industry faces headwinds like the California drought and recent decline in corn prices.

The type of reinsurance product that private mortgage insurers hold likely won't matter for meeting the GSEs' new capital requirements, said the CEO of Genworth Mortgage Insurance.

Private mortgage insurers are willing to offer "deep coverage" of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's risk-sharing deals, but only after a premium structure is negotiated with lenders and the GSEs.

As nonbank lenders continue to grow their stake in the mortgage industry, researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School argue that regulatory reforms should come to lower the risk associated with these institutions.

Citigroup is marketing $216 million of reperforming residential mortgage-backed securities and Two Harbors returns to market with its fourth prime RMBS of the year.

The Mortgage Partnership Finance Program, a part of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, will now offer a higher maximum loan on its MPF Direct product.

The delinquency rate for commercial and multifamily mortgages improved in the first quarter for most categories of investor, on higher property income, rising property values and a strong finance market.