A single-asset commercial mortgage-backed securities deal collateralized by a $900 million first-mortgage loan on a Times Square area property in New York is underway.

We're hearing that a new housing reform proposal developed by a private bipartisan commission will be very kind to the FHA mortgage insurance program.

Canadian housing starts will slow to an annual pace of 190,300 units this year, from 214,827 last year.

Fox Chase Bancorp hired Thomas Petro as president and chief executive in mid-2005 with a mission to turn around a mutual thrift that was fighting to survive.

January Home prices are up 6.2% from a year ago, the largest annual gain since 2006.

Origination services-related revenue helped increase CoreLogic’s net income from continuing operations, as well as diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.

During 2012, the business as a whole added 29,000 jobs, an 11% boost not just to the niche but to the entire national economy.

Redwood Trust generated net income of $42 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, up from net income of $40 million for the third quarter of 2012.

Improving home sales combined with dwindling inventory spurred the biggest advance in property values since 2005.

A variety of technology tools can assist mortgage servicers in implementing an effective single point of contact program.

Goldman Sachs plans to issue $568 million in CMBS loans backed by fixed-rate loans that are secured on three malls.

Good start to the year in Florida and Illinois, not so much so in California, Realtor groups say.

Decision Ready Solutions and Wolters Kluwer Financial Services are teaming up to provide a strategic solution designed to assist mortgage servicers solve new Federal Housing Finance Agency requirements.

Financial institutions are evolving their practices to better respond to the needs and demands of the next generation of customers, including mortgage borrowers.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services said that its DocOne Internet-based document library now offers mortgage servicers on-demand access to the company’s residential mortgage preforeclosure compliance content.

Sales of previously owned homes edged up 0.4% in January from the prior month despite a dearth of properties for sale and rising prices.

Wipro Gallagher has upgraded its loan origination system, NetOxygen, to provide more detailed and accessible loan information.

Re/Max and RES.NET are forming a partnership in which the former’s real estate agents will get direct access to the latter’s recently upgraded agent portal.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking to sell securities tied to new U.S. home loans without government backing in its first offering since the financial crisis that the debt helped trigger.

Organizations need to implement a change management office to help guide new initiatives and efforts.