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MFA Financial Inc. co-CEO William Gorin died Aug. 10 after a long illness. He was 59.

Redwood Trust is raising $225 million in a debt offering with the proceeds to be used to repay borrowings that come due next year.

For all the talk that Janet Yellen’s plan to shrink the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet will hurt Treasuries, U.S. mortgage bonds face a bigger test.

The senior tranche of triple-A rated notes to be issued benefits from 38.65% credit enhancement, up over 10 percentage points from 27.25% for the comparable tranche of the sponsor's previous deal.

Federal Reserve officials said they would begin running off their $4.5 trillion balance sheet “relatively soon” and left their benchmark policy rate unchanged as they assess progress toward their inflation goal.

Unlike the $15 billion-asset bank’s legacy mortgage bonds, the new offering is backed by loans to borrowers with strong credit and significant equity in their homes.

Former Ginnie Mae President Ted Tozer is joining the board of directors at PennyMac Financial Services starting Aug. 1.

U.S. District Judge André Birotte has dismissed all federal claims against Renovate America and its government bond-issuing partners in three lawsuits that had sought class-action status.

The credit characteristics of the collateral are broadly similar to the sponsor's inaugural deal, completed in February, but the capital structure has been tweaked.

The House Appropriations Committee approved a HUD funding bill Monday that would prohibit the FHA from insuring properties with a Property Assessed Clean Energy loan in a first-lien position.