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The narrowing gap between what large and small lenders pay in guarantee fees to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has helped the industry's smallest originators grow their share of mortgages sold to the government-sponsored enterprises.

As negotiations between Greece and its official creditors drag on, more and more Greek homeowners are falling behind on their payments as well, according to Fitch Ratings.

FHFA report shows FHLBs are well capitalized while Fannie and Freddie continue to see improving loan performance.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service is raising the cost of its home-loan guarantees that enable borrowers to purchase homes in certain areas without down payments.

Several real estate investment trusts have joined Federal Home Loan Banks via their captive insurers; membership gives them a cheap and flexible way to warehouse mortgages, among other things.

Life insurance companies reported a higher return on their private commercial mortgage investments in the first quarter, compared to the fourth quarter.

Mortgage rates barely budged from a week ago, even though reports have shown that the housing market is on the rebound with interest rates expected to rise.

Freddie Mac's latest monthly Multi-Indicator Market Index shows a weak but improving housing sector.

If you want to know what a Greek exit from the euro would do to the €16.64 billion ($18.54 billion) of bonds out there backed by Greek assets, start with Argentina.

Velocity Commercial Capital, better known for lending on distressed commercial property, is behind the latest securitization of single-family rental properties, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

The price of homes rose 0.3% in April from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Fannie Mae will no longer charge mortgage lenders to submit loans to its Desktop Underwriter automated underwriting system, a decision that follows a similar move by Freddie Mac earlier this month.

Wells Fargo Bank is marketing $914 million of commercial mortgage bonds, according to a presale report released by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

Access National in Reston, Va., said Chairman James "Ted" Jadlos resigned to focus on a mortgage-related business.

Varde Partners has closed a $500 million fund that will invest in real estate securities, the firm announced this week.

Ginnie Mae's issuance of mortgage-backed securities exceeded Fannie Mae's issuance in May for the first time since the late 1980s.

Radian Group in Philadelphia has agreed to purchase $389 million of its convertible senior notes.

The deal, called New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-1, is the company’s first of the year; it completed three last year.

Optimism abounds in Fannie Mae's survey of mortgage lenders for the second quarter of 2015.

Barclays is ending trading in $700 billion of U.S. mortgage bonds that were issued before the financial crisis.