Secondary markets

The U.K. government will redeem 3 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) of bonds backed by mortgages from rescued lender Bradford & Bingley, paving the way for a potential sale of the loans.

Mortgage rates edged downward this week as the market anticipated Wednesday's release of the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's July meeting, Freddie Mac reported.

To money managers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., the laggards of the debt universe look pretty good right now.

The hole at the corner of 15th and L streets, in downtown Washington, is deep – and getting deeper.

Macy's decision to shutter another 100 of its department stores could impair some $3.64 billion of securitized commercial mortgages, according to Morningstar Credit Ratings.

A former Deutsche Bank trader agreed to settle a U.S. regulator's allegations that he mis-marked loans tied to commercial-mortgage-backed securities to boost his profits.

Arch U.S. MI's acquisition of United Guaranty Corp. will make one of the smallest private mortgage insurers the sector's new market leader. While the move is likely to ease pricing competition among the six remaining players, it's not expected to set off a wave of further consolidation.

Fannie Mae is prepping servicers to handle the issues homeowners may face in the wake of severe flooding across Louisiana.

American International Group. agreed to sell mortgage insurer United Guaranty Corp. to Arch Capital Group as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock works to simplify his company and free up capital to return to shareholders.

JPMorgan is taking a riskier route for its second jumbo mortgage loan securitization of 2016.