Secondary markets

The number of securitized U.S. commercial mortgage loans transferred into special servicing has dropped substantially at roughly 45% over the last year.

Fitch expects the data to be of interest as the agencies’ regulators have directed them to test nonagency risk-sharing transactions this year.

Roughly in step with other markets, structured finance pricing and issuance in June was governed by questions of how quickly the Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-buying spree.

A credit union vice president joins those expecting the second half of 2013 to bring a slow but steady increase in mortgage rates.

Loan acquisitions by Fannie Mae edged up by nearly 1% from April to $78 billion in May.

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.