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The Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to continue filing cases tied to residential-mortgage-backed securities.

Freddie Mac made plans for its second multifamily securities offering for the year and released figures that show its overall multifamily volume set a record in 2012.

New York Community Bancorp said its 2012 mortgage banking income was more than double 2011’s, ending the year at $179 million.

After last year’s false start, the government-sponsored enterprises plan to introduce risk-sharing bonds this year.

Bank of America Corp. lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss American International Group’s fraud claims over devalued Countrywide Financial mortgage-backed securities it had to sell as part of the government bailout.

Government-approved lenders issued nearly $395 billion in Ginnie Mae MBS in calendar year 2012, up 20% from the prior year.

Issues related to default risk and losses associated with delinquent HOAs are the iceberg many in the industry still fail to see.

Silvergate Bank said gains from its reverse mortgage banking business and warehouse lending fee income were the biggest contributors to the fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 increases in noninterest income.

Reopening the U.S. mortgage securitization pipeline is a vital step toward a housing market recovery that will boost the wider economy.

This time last year, some questioned whether Signature Bank could maintain its strong earnings streak, given a heavy reliance on residential mortgage-backed securities.

Hurricane Sandy may have given a final push into special servicing to the $103.5 million Long Island Marriott and Conference Center hotel loan.

An American Securitization Forum meeting speaker confirmed regional home value recoveries but said full bond analysis is still needed.

Long-term rate-indicative 10-year Treasury note yields touched 2% for the first time since April as orders for durable goods in the U.S. rose more than forecast.

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings has priced $300 million in asset-backed term notes.

Former banker John Delaney may just be a freshman congressman in the House of Representatives, but his industry experience could make him an important commodity as key financial services bills come up for vigorous debate.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will let some borrowers who kept up payments as their homes lost value erase their debts by giving up the properties.

The board of publicly registered real estate investment trust MVP REIT Inc. has approved an increase in its monthly distribution rate on its common shares.

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers' NAMB National conference in Las Vegas was the best attended the organization had in years. During the show, Origination News met with the group's board and discussed NAMB's repositioning, new regulations and the future of wholesale.

Louis Borsellino, newly-installed president of the New York Association of Mortgage Brokers, lays out his plans for the coming year.

Markit released series 6 of CMBX, the synthetic indices based on a static portfolio of U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities.