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The offering is unusual because jumbo pools typically are not marketed nationally.

The estimated price of whole loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities rose 60 basis points between the end of April and the end of March.

With house prices climbing at the fastest pace in seven years and investors swamping the rental market, one hedge fund manager says it no longer makes sense to be a buyer.

For the week ended May 24, overall application volume fell 8.8% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency has released a presale report on a $1.4 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities deal in which some large split loans are or will be shared with other securitizations.

LPS rises above the acquisition price and Fannie Mae closes above $4 per share.

Freddie Mac plans to offer $1.3 billion in structured pass-through multifamily “K” certificates backed by fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with seven-year terms.

Loan modifications have slowed notably and short sales have increasingly become to the go-to workout remedy for bank servicers handling workouts for nonagency U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities loans over the last several months.

A participant in past attempts to reform Fannie Mae’s lender-placed insurance practices has officially supported more recent proposals by its regulator.

American Realty Capital Properties, a real estate investment trust, has agreed to buy CapLease, which is also a REIT.