Secondary markets

LPS rises above the acquisition price and Fannie Mae closes above $4 per share.

Freddie Mac plans to offer $1.3 billion in structured pass-through multifamily “K” certificates backed by fixed-rate multifamily mortgages with seven-year terms.

Loan modifications have slowed notably and short sales have increasingly become to the go-to workout remedy for bank servicers handling workouts for nonagency U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities loans over the last several months.

A participant in past attempts to reform Fannie Mae’s lender-placed insurance practices has officially supported more recent proposals by its regulator.

American Realty Capital Properties, a real estate investment trust, has agreed to buy CapLease, which is also a REIT.

Two subsidiaries of PHH Corp. have entered into individual agreements with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital for two-year extensions on their committed warehouse credit facilities.

Better performance of mortgage insurers this year is a credit positive for state housing finance agency single-family whole loan programs that rely on mortgage insurers to protect against mortgage defaults.

Freddie Mac plans to impose an annual $7,500 surcharge on small seller/servicers starting Jan. 1.

What is being disputed in the courts is when the clock starts ticking on the statute of limitations.

While principal forgiveness is compelling, making it widespread is problematic.

Interactive Mortgage Advisors is offering up for bid a $1.02 billion bulk Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights package.

Banks are hungry for earning assets, but General Electric is poised to offer up its consumer business to the masses.

Fannie Mae is snatching potential profits away from mortgage lenders as it posts record earnings that are fueling industry concern the government-backed company is regaining its swagger even as lawmakers plot its demise.

Fitch said part of the problem with the previous generation of commercial mortgage-backed securities was the use of pro-forma assumptions.

Under the settlement, Ally will pay $1.95 billion in cash to the ResCap bankruptcy estate, plus $150 million in insurance proceeds.

The deal was made possible by a mortgage-backed security pass-through structure that has been growing in popularity among housing finance agencies in the past year.

Freddie Mac is starting to securitize modified single-family loans.

Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year note yields above 2% for the first time since March on Wednesday.

John Stumpf believes the government-sponsored enterprises need to be retained in some form because the guarantee they provide is important to investors.