Securitization

Industry veteran David Applegate will serve as CEO of Common Securitization Solutions LLC, the new firm co-owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop a common securitization platform for the mortgage secondary market.

Mortgage aggregators that paid billions of dollars in fines over faulty loans may soon play a new role: plaintiffs in their own lawsuits against originators.

Wide-ranging efforts to reform Home Equity Conversion Mortgage lending and servicing practices are designed to close loopholes and resolve policy inconsistencies, but some obstacles remain unresolved and more work needs to be done.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s sale of a new type of mortgage-linked bonds is the best glimpse yet into a possible future of the $9.4 trillion U.S. home-loan market.

Fannie Mae increased its issuance of multifamily mortgage-backed securities in the third quarter.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is selling securities tied to almost $1 billion of mortgages in the latest version of bonds that allow home-loan giant Fannie Mae to share risks with debt investors.

The credit quality of U.S. commercial mortgages being packaged into bonds slipped further in the third quarter as borrowers piled on more debt, according to Moody's Investors Service.