The administration’s reported interest in having the White House aide run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator signals a focus on constraining the mortgage giants’ role in the housing market.

BSREP International, an entity controlled by Brookfield, obtained a £367.5 million mortgage and £91.9 million of mezzanine debt on CityPoint from Morgan Stanley.

New Penn Financial will change its name to NewRez at the start of 2019, reflecting its acquisition earlier this year by New Residential Investment Corp.

This time, the $98.4 million of underlying collateral was originated by before the financial crisis by Citibank via its former student lending affiliate, the Student Loan Corp.

Many banks remain wary of student loans given the government's dominance in the market, but some fintechs see untapped potential.

This marketplace lender's third securitization of the year again features fewer 60-month loans, slightly higher FICOs and lower coupons.

A joint venture between the REIT and two Chinese investors obtained a $364 million five-year, fixed-rate loan on the portfolio from Column Financial.

The gap between supply and demand in the housing market is contributing to affordability constraints that are likely to limit homeownership long-term, according to Freddie Mac.

As home value appreciation slowed, gains in home equity for the third quarter fell to the lowest level in two years, according to CoreLogic's homeowner equity report.

FORT CRE 2018-1 will include four loans recycled from the prior deal, including one that Kroll has identified as a loan of concern due to weak operating performance.

Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee are expected to shine a spotlight on Trump-appointed regulators, but that light might shine brightest on one agency in particular.

Over the past five years, 2nd lien RPL have defaulted at a similar rate to 1st liens, and have prepaid much faster; the senior tranche of notes to be issued has a weighted average life of around 1.5 years.