Mortgage defaults

The number of underperforming loans transferred to special-servicing status dropped in October, according to Fitch Ratings.

Mortgage delinquency rates continued their double-digit yearly declines in the third quarter, according to TransUnion.

October featured the highest monthly percent increase in foreclosure starts since August 2011, according to RealtyTrac's U.S. Home Sales Report released Thursday.

Invitation Homes chose to exercise an option to extend the term of a loan backing the first single-family rental securitization.

The housing recovery is still pushing through full-steam, according to CoreLogic's latest National Foreclosure Report.

Freddie Mac has launched an auction of $1.2 billion of nonperforming loans, while Fannie Mae has announced the two winners of its recent auction of $1.24 billion of nonperforming loans.

Redwood Trust's fourth residential mortgage securitization of the year is backed entirely by 15-year, fixed-rate loans.

Fannie Mae was affected by the same derivatives accounting mismatch that led to Freddie Mac's first quarterly loss in four years. But its bulk and balance sheet provided enough cushion for the larger of the two government-sponsored enterprises to post a profit for the third quarter.

Ocwen Financial is back with another round of term notes issued from its Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust.

Citigroup plans to issue another $421 million of reperforming residential mortgage bonds from its Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, according to DBRS.