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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.

Deutsche Bank priced most tranches issued from its $1 billion commercial mortgage securitization wider than the last conduit issued, according to a regulatory filing.

The legal challenge to the government's bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is not necessarily a slam-dunk victory, despite an apparent favorable legal ruling in a similar case, analysts at KBW said.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage debt increased in the first quarter compared to the previous quarter, as mortgage originations remained strong, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

New regulations for credit rating agencies that took effect this week are expected to make mortgage and other asset-backed securities more transparent by requiring broader disclosure of certain due diligence reports.

Almost seven years after the financial crisis, bond investors are rediscovering their appetite for new debt tied to the housing market.

Freddie Mac is planning its fifth risk-sharing transaction of the year.