Data and information management

The delinquency rate for commercial mortgage-backed securities reached its lowest level in a year.

Even though the REO-to-rental market has gotten off to a good start, there are still high expectations for this sector to emerge as an even hotter asset class over the next few years.

Redwood Trust has priced $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.625% convertible senior notes due 2018 to fund activity that may include the funding or purchase of mortgage-backed securities.

The members of the Mortgage Insurance Cos. of America wrote $10.5 billion in primary new insurance in January, down approximately 2% from $10.7 billion in December, but more than double the almost $5 billion written in January 2012.

The national loan delinquency rate fell on a monthly and annual basis through January, Lender Processing Services said.

In 2012, data from RealtyTrac revealed that preforeclosure sales increased 6% on an annual basis, while REO sales fell 15% during this time period.

The National Association of Realtors’ leading indicator of future existing home sales rose 4.5% in January to the highest level in nearly three years.

The uncertainty regarding Italy following parliamentary elections is being cited by an executive at Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for the six basis point decline in the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage compared with last week.

New-home sales jumped nearly 16% in January to a level not seen since the summer of 2008.

Home prices rose on a quarterly and yearly basis through the end of December 2012, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price index.

FDIC-insured institutions originated $765.4 billion in single-family loans in 2012, up nearly 50% from the year prior.

House prices reversed course in 2012 after falling 4.1% the year prior, according to the S&P Case-Shiller 20-city house price index.

Fitch has issued expected ratings ranging from an investment grade AAA to a speculative grade B on 13 classes of JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C10.

Even though the housing market continues to see increases in home values throughout the country, one firm is reluctant whether the nation is in a real recovery.

The purchase of a California home became less affordable in the fourth quarter of 2012 as inventory challenges drove prices higher in the state.

A new national survey revealed that rental demand will be more stable in the future for single-family homes rather than multifamily properties.

House prices rose 5.8% in 2012 after edging up 0.1% from November to December, according to Lender Processing Services.

A single-asset commercial mortgage-backed securities deal collateralized by a $900 million first-mortgage loan on a Times Square area property in New York is underway.

We're hearing that a new housing reform proposal developed by a private bipartisan commission will be very kind to the FHA mortgage insurance program.

Canadian housing starts will slow to an annual pace of 190,300 units this year, from 214,827 last year.