Secondary

We're hearing that a rising tide of new construction doesn’t have lenders worrying about a bubble in apartment building values...yet.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has assigned preliminary ratings to COMM 2013-LC13, a $1.1 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities conduit transaction collateralized by 57 fixed-rate loans secured by 97 properties.

Interactive Mortgage Advisors is offering a $102.9 million Fannie Mae bulk residential mortgage servicing rights portfolio for sale.

The Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank seems to be continually looking for ways to expand its mortgage conduit program so member banks, thrifts and credit unions will have broader access to the secondary market.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are set to auction as much as $17 billion of mortgage bonds they acquired before the real estate collapse to meet a regulatory directive.

Presale reports are out on a $425 million sequential-pay commercial mortgage-backed securities deal backed by beneficial interests in a mortgage securing four Florida hotels.

The crisis “exposed a major fault-line” in terms of loan data integrity the two technology providers are coming together to try to bridge.

Fannie Mae has promoted Terence Edwards, the former president and CEO of PHH Corp., to executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Has it been five years already? It has been five years since the federal government nationalized the mortgage industry by taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Freddie Mac mortgage securities continue to underperform Fannie Mae MBS in terms of liquidity and pricing.