New home sales rose 1.3% in October after September sales were revised downward, according to new government figures released Monday.Meanwhile, the median sales price fell to its lowest level of the year.

The proposed changes to the Standard & Poor's counterparty criteria make them generally more lenient, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) analysts said in a report released today.

Real estate investment trust W.P. Carey & Co. continues to show appetite for self-storage facilities with another reported acquisition of units.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in early December will seek bids on a small pool of defaulted single-family loans and plans to conduct additional auctions in April and September of next year.

Government officials are likely to lessen large banks' liabilities over how they handled delinquent Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured mortgages as part of a settlement with the largest mortgage servicers, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will announce today that he will not seek re-election next year, capping a 32-year career in Congress, a spokesman said Monday.

Moody’s Investors Service launched a private loan ratings service for issuers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, the rating agency said today.

Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) established a new governing body for institutional investors who need services that are increasingly more multi-product and multi-country.

Protestors with Occupy Wall Street continue to target properties tied to CMBS transactions, a Trepp report said.

Only three months after Mexican GSE Fovissste issued its first cross-border RMBS, the lender's deals are facing ratings trouble.

The folks at law firm Dechert put out their annual golden turkey awards for dubious achievements in the commercial real estate market, a few of which are perfectly applicable to other areas of structured finance.