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As a member of RealtyTrac Network, Laffey Fine Homes will have access to RealtyTrac’s data sets.

Fannie Mae plans to sell about $1 billion of home-loan bonds without U.S. backing from its holdings.

U.S. bond yields suggest investors anticipate the Federal Reserve will announce a reduction in asset purchases at its September policy meeting, according to JPMorgan Chase’s Heather Loomis.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition has sued the Federal Housing Finance Agency for failing to fund the National Housing Trust Fund that Congress created in 2008 to finance affordable housing.

Buried in the Corker-Warner reform bill are two provisions that would give the Federal Home Loan banks an opportunity to play a major role in the new housing finance system.

The offering, Freddie’s 11th K deal this year, is backed by 87 recently originated multifamily mortgages.

The widening in structured finance spreads is not yet a cause for credit concerns, according to Standard & Poor’s.

A Credit Suisse report shows the rate of 30-year conventional prepayments dropped 10% in the latest month.

Blackstone Group is preparing to expand its bet on the housing recovery by lending to other landlords.

Hedge fund firm Perry Capital sued the Treasury Department claiming the government’s seizure of all profits from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is illegal and has destroyed shareholders’ holdings.