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Fannie Mae has released details of its first bulk sale of nonperforming loans, just one day after announcing its plans to go ahead with these transactions.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando Resort seems a world away from the nearby Florida neighborhood nicknamed "Crime Hills." But magic is spreading.

A group of community lenders is calling on the Treasury Department to establish reserves to capitalize a new cash window in case Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are dismantled.

Mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in two months, decreasing borrowing costs after a weak March employment report.

Nomura Holdings Inc. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group's fight against a billion-dollar government lawsuit over mortgage-backed securities is ending where it started: with the banks blaming the housing crash.

B2R Finance, a company controlled by the Blackstone Group that lends to landlords, has priced its first rental securitization.

The $5.8 billion First Financial said in a press release Wednesday that it will pay $1.9 million in cash for 4Trust Mortgage in a deal that should close next month.

The Topeka FHLB's plan to allow participations in newly issued mortgage pools may benefit members institutions and the bank itself — and could soon be imitated by other Home Loan Banks.

Citigroup priced the senior most tranche of its latest commercial mortgage securitization, Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC29, just wide of the previous conduit to be sold, by Wells Fargo.

Credit unions as a whole will continue to grow their share of the mortgage market in 2015 and into 2016, say industry experts.