Industries

A U.S. District Court decision this week that blocked the use of a controversial legal theory in a fair housing case on discrimination has ignited industry hopes that the Supreme Court will take a similar stance on a separate, larger case pending before the high court.

It's time for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to make good on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's funding obligations to two affordable housing programs.

He founded and owned Myers Internet Services, which at one time hosted over 8,500 websites for originators and real estate agents.

The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority's plans to sell $97.5 million of housing mortgage financing this week in transactions that include two private placements.

National home prices are continuing to rise from a year earlier, but the rate of growth is slowing down.

TIAA-CREF and Jonathan Rose Cos. have launched a national fund dedicated to "green" and affordable mixed-income multifamily housing development.

Fitch noted that overall the performance of legacy CMBS deals, those originated before 2007, has stabilized.

Nonbank commercial and multifamily mortgage maturities will rise by 72%, to $158 billion next year, according to a Mortgage Bankers Association forecast.

The court asked another governmental entity to remedy the plight of non-borrowing spouses facing foreclosure. So far options appear to give few consumers relief.

McGraw Hill Financial said it's negotiating a possible settlement of government investigations into how its S&P unit graded commercial mortgage-backed securities and recorded a $60 million charge to cover the costs.

The credit quality of U.S. commercial mortgages being packaged into bonds slipped further in the third quarter as borrowers piled on more debt, according to Moody's Investors Service.