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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.

Farm banks have enjoyed several years of robust loan volume, but declining farm income has them on guard for increases in delinquencies and more eager to use government-guarantee programs.

Mortgage rates declined for a second week, sending costs for 30-year loans to their lowest in more than a month as the busiest homebuying season gets under way.

It's was anything but a winter wonderland for the housing market, according to a report by Freddie Mac.