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The Dec. 31 expiration of the Home Affordable Modification Program will have a limited negative effect on residential mortgage-backed securities from 2008 or earlier, according to Moody's Investors Service.
July 6 -
A noted upper midtown Manhattan retail center that sold last month for $525 million is among several high-end retail, shopping and hotel resort properties JPMorgan is including in its latest commercial mortgage securitization.
July 6 -
Radian Guaranty has redeemed the $325 million surplus note due to its parent company, Radian Group Inc. in Philadelphia.
July 6 -
Fifth Third Mortgage has introduced a new down-payment assistance program in conjunction with Freddie Mac's Home Possible Advantage 3% down loan.
July 5 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has opened the door to experimenting with front-end credit risk transfer transactions, but it is not wide enough for some market players.
July 5
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Freddie Mac has obtained another three new insurance policies under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure program, representing the largest aggregate transaction to date.
July 1 -
Rates for 30-year mortgages dropped to the lowest level in more than three years as U.K. voters' decision to leave the European Union drove investors to the safety of American government bonds that guide home loans.
June 30 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is soliciting industry input on how to improve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's credit risk transfer transactions, for the first time considering front-end transactions rather than back-end deals.
June 29
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be put through receivership and turned into lender-owned insurers under a housing-finance overhaul plan co-authored by the companies' former regulator.
June 29 -
The Federal Home Loan banks of Topeka and San Francisco have signed up to participate in a Mortgage Partnership Finance program that pools and securitizes government-backed loans via Ginnie Mae.
June 28
