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The outcome of Bruce Berkowitz's tussle with the U.S. government over the profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may depend on two women: federal claims court Judge Margaret Sweeney and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
February 4 -
JPMorgan plans to add $940 million to the growing pipeline of residential mortgage-backed securities.
February 4 -
Studying borrowers' credit characteristics and tightening quality control are more important to how mortgages perform than the size of down payments.
February 3
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WinWater Home Mortgage is preparing another plain-vanilla private-label residential mortgage securitization.
February 3 -
During last year's fourth quarter, commercial and multifamily loan originations increased by 11% from the same time a year before, a new report by the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
February 3 -
Efforts by investors in the government-sponsored enterprises to find a more friendly court to challenge the government's management of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell flat in Iowa.
February 3 -
While many of the lenders and investment firms seeking to profit from higher-risk mortgages are working to revive the business of bundling such loans into bonds, Citadel, one of the biggest players, is in no rush to see that happen.
February 3 -
The Super Bowl is history, marking the start of a new high-stakes season: the spring real estate market. After what many industry insiders considered a disappointing 2014, hopes are high for 2015.
February 3 -
Standard & Poor's $1.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, more than a dozen states and the biggest U.S. pension fund today will let the world's biggest rating company move beyond a bruising legal battle, at a steep cost.
February 3 -
President Obama's 2016 budget plan tackled a host of big picture items for mortgages, including Dodd-Frank reform, FHA lending and GSE reform.
February 2
