Secondary markets

Government-backed mortgage bonds declined after a two-day rally, extending quarterly losses that are on track to be the worst in almost two decades.

We're hearing the Corker-Warner GSE reform bill will really drive up the cost of plain-vanilla mortgages.

Some clarity may eventually emerge from a slew of lawsuits that are slowly working their way through the legal system.

Rep. Mel Watt defended his judgment and experience with housing issues during a hearing on his nomination to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The prices of loans supporting commercial mortgage backed securities decreased 60 basis points between the end of April and the end of May

Prudential Financial’s Michael Lillard said investors should buy commercial mortgage-backed securities and other bonds that fell on concerns the Federal Reserve will slow its pace of debt purchases.

GE Capital Real Estate is increasing lending this year as deals accelerate and the cost of borrowing jumps in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

Issuers are adding another layer of protection at a time when lawmakers are examining how to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and bring private capital back into the mortgage market.

California Realtors are raising objections to the Corker-Warner GSE reform bill because of the reduction in loan limits in high-cost areas.

The credit union lobby on Tuesday was measured in its comments about the proposed privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even as it seeks to carve out secondary market protections for credit unions.

A bipartisan group of senators has proposed replacing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a newly created government reinsurer.

While overall application volume decreased by 3% from the prior week on a seasonally adjusted basis for the week ended June 21, purchase applications were up, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The bipartisan bill calls for winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which currently purchase loans from lenders for cash.

We're hearing a lot about underwriting loosening a bit in the residential mortgage world.

Executives at Lennar Corp. said they are finding some marginal loosening in residential loan underwriting that has been too tight.

The first-lien holder on a single-family mortgage will be able to block the borrower from taking out a second lien under a government-sponsored enterprise reform bill slated to be introduced today.

Yet another CMBS is on the way through JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust.

Although housing market stability and new issuance that has risen to its highest point since 2007 have been helping private-label residential mortgage-backed securities to some degree, Standard & Poor’s said it considers the outlook stable.

Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage bonds that guide U.S. home-loan rates extended increases sparked by a potential slowing of the Federal Reserve’s debt purchases.