One of Florida's state-run property insurers will explore using a combination of bonds and private reinsurance to cut costs and support financing needs for this year's and future hurricane seasons.

Freddie Mac upsized its latest offering of risk-sharing notes, demonstrating investor demand for the first loss position when homeowners stop making mortgage payments.

The latest securitization of reperforming residential mortgages offers investors less protection against future losses than the previous deal, and has earned correspondingly lower safety scores from Fitch Ratings.

Investors who want the troubled Ocwen Financial to stop servicing their mortgage-backed securities should think again, according to Morgan Stanley.

Facing costs incurred by this winter’s mega-snow, Boston’s MBTA might consider catastrophe bonds as a hedge against future damage.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities servicers have held on to real-estate owned properties for longer than usual, which could lead to a reversal in the declines in liquidations seen recently, according to a Fitch Ratings study.

Houston's Galleria Mall showed among the property securing a second commercial mortgage securitization in as many weeks.

Nomura Holdings and Angel Oak Capital have a deal that may help revive the part of the market that went bust during the crisis. Their success could encourage more banks to dip their toes back into riskier mortgages.

Fannie Mae is looking to broaden its investor base. The agency said it had listed all of it risk-sharing deals on the Irish Stock Exchange and will continue doing so with future transactions.

Banks are marketing $2.8 billion of bonds backed by three mortgages used to finance the purchase of industrial property portfolio from the Blackstone Group by Global Logistics Properties and GIC PTE.

Ocwen Financial Corp. agreed to sell another $25 billion of mortgage servicing rights to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings.

First City Financial plans to securitize a much smaller pool of non performing commercial real estate loans in its third securitization.