Secondary markets

Colliers International has arranged $72 million refinancing for eight retail centers in the Denver area.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations fell 36% between 4Q12 and 1Q13, but were up 9% 1Q13 over 1Q12.

First Guaranty Mortgage Corp. appointed Amy Ellenburg as regional TPO manager, correspondent lending.

Old Data is dead, long live New Data.

Ridgewood Savings Bank is working toward also starting a correspondent channel.

Principal forgiveness on average is becoming more prevalent percentage-wise among top nonagency market participants.

JPMorgan Chase, Washington Mutual and Citigroup were sued by Integer Program LLC over $301 million in losses from mortgage loans.

Morgan Stanley and WMC Mortgage Corp. were sued by Seagull Point LLC over $476 million in losses from securitized mortgage loans.

Capital Trust Inc. will be changing its name to Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc. on May 6.

Interactive Mortgage Advisors as exclusive broker for the seller is offering $50 million to $75 million per month of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac monthly flow mortgage servicing rights.

Investors’ rekindled passion for sales of private mortgage securities is cooling.

Bank of America Corp. is said to be offering 1.06 billion euros of bonds backed by a loan used to buy German apartment buildings, in the first public deal of its kind in Europe this year.

Bank of America Corp. is said to be offering 1.06 billion euros of bonds backed by a loan used to buy German apartment buildings, in the first public deal of its kind in Europe this year.

Cohen Financial has secured $75 million in construction financing for two Class A multifamily properties in Arizona.

Two groups are urging House Ways and Means Committee members to preserve low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt housing bond programs as they consider comprehensive tax reform.

A council of top federal regulators is giving the GSE regulator a green light to build a new securities platform to replace the aging platforms that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae currently use.

NMI Holdings must face claims in a lawsuit by Arizona regulators including breach of fiduciary duty and unfair competition.

First-quarter cumulative defaults for fixed-rate commercial mortgage-backed securities were up 18 basis points from the end of 2012 at 13.6%.

Investors’ rekindled passion for sales of private mortgage securities is cooling.

Moody’s Investors Service Thursday afternoon downgraded $56 million in legacy subprime residential mortgage-backed securities from various trusts primarily in response to weak interest shortfall reimbursement mechanisms and recent performance reviews.