Capital markets

Fourteen institutional investors represented by the law firm Gibbs & Bruns are supporting the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy plan administrator's offer to settle certain securitized mortgage repurchase claims with securities' trustees.

Risk management concerns were responsible for a five-percentage-point reduction in bank non-qualified mortgage lending last year.

James Lockhart, former director of the FHFA, is replacing Wilbur Ross, who resigned when he became Commerce secretary, on the New Jersey company's board.

The industry expects to lean on technological efficiencies this year as higher rates and dwindling refinances test their businesses.

In a bitterly partisan Congress, two senators are making a rare push across party lines to solve a persistent riddle with huge implications for the U.S. housing market: What to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Fannie Mae has obtained reinsurance for $510 million of credit losses on $20.4 billion of single-family residential mortgages through a pair of credit insurance risk transfer transactions.

Freddie Mac will soon allow automated underwriting of borrowers who lack scores but have other financial records.

Servicers are able to borrow more against their Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights as financing providers become more comfortable with the collateral.

A $165 million cash settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit that alleged investors were misled about the safety of mortgage-backed securities comprised of loans originated by now-defunct subprime lender NovaStar Mortgage Inc.

Industry critics argue the Invitation Homes deal will create new risks for Fannie Mae and remove affordable inventory from homebuyers.

Freddie Mac is considering backing loans that finance single-family rental homes for the first time, mirroring a controversial transaction that Fannie Mae disclosed in January.

Freddie Mac is preparing a transaction that transfers credit risk on $640 million of super-conforming residential mortgages.

Mill City Holdings is returning to market with its fourth securitization of reperforming residential mortgages, this time with a sliver of home equity lines of credit added to the mix of collateral.

Altisource Portfolio Solutions has launched a new mortgage trading platform for mortgage bankers and loan investors.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has partnered with Altisource subsidiary Lenders One Cooperative, providing the organization's members with expanded benefits.

Deutsche Bank wants to finance hedge fund purchases of subprime loans in order to meet the terms of its $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. government.

CoreLogic has released a new platform that provides information on lien and equity positions for whole loan traders and servicers.

Profits at Mill Valley, Calif.-based Redwood Trust shrank during the fourth quarter, reflecting lower interest income and net losses on the fair value of investments.

The trend of embracing risk-based pricing in conventional mortgage fees and loan-level pricing should be reversed. Instead, credit risk should be pooled to ensure all creditworthy families have access to their American dreams.