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Real Estate Mortgage Network’s chief executive said he had his best year in the mortgage industry in 2012, but believes that 2013 could be even better. Credit: ThinkStock.

We're hearing that some of the relative call protection found in Ginnie Mae securitizations may not last.

The uncertainty regarding Italy following parliamentary elections is being cited by an executive at Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for the six basis point decline in the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage compared with last week.

Increased commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance has brought several new B-piece buyers to market.

Community bankers are growing increasingly concerned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will eliminate one of their bread-and-butter products: balloon loans.

As the overseer of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has a duty to safeguard taxpayer dollars.

Fourteen classes $1.2 billion securitization backed by 100 fixed-rate commercial mortgages, WFRBS 2013-C12, received preliminary ratings.

National Association of Realtors data show the overall growth in commercial real estate leasing activity seen in most markets in 2012 will gain speed this year and in 2014.

Loan limits on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and VA loans should be gradually reduced to encourage the private sector to play a larger role in the housing finance system.

Connecticut's Capital Region Development Authority chose Global Spectrum of Philadelphia to manage the 38-year-old arena and 10-year-old Rentschler Field across the Connecticut River in East Hartford.

U.S. banks are looking to capitalize on a dearth of financing for Europe’s commercial property market that’s driven lending margins to five times the level prior to the 2008 crisis.

Moody’s affirmed the speculative grade rating of one interest-only class from a 1997 commercial mortgage-backed securities deal.

El Paso can go ahead with plans to issue $50 million of revenue bonds for a downtown baseball stadium after a favorable ruling in a bond validation lawsuit.

Repeat modifications in securitized product are growing even though the overall modification rate through 2012 was much lower.

Record mortgage profits that drove earnings at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are fading as increased competition keeps the rates banks are offering on new loans near all-time lows.

Despite early industry efforts to establish recommended industry standards for private-label residential mortgage-backed securities representations and warranties, some issuers are trying to diversify their approaches.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes showed policy makers continued to debate when to start trimming debt purchases.

Mutual First Financial saw its mortgage volumes grow in 2012, a period during which it generated relative year-to-year gains in earnings.

Canadian existing-home sales rose for the first time in four months in January on gains in Toronto and Vancouver.

Treasury 10-year note yields traded close to the highest in 10 months on speculation Federal Reserve minutes may provide details on when the central bank plans to start trimming debt purchases.