The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking to make it easier for Federal Home Loan Banks to accept certain kinds of collateral for advances.

Santander Consumer USA Holdings again delayed its second-quarter results and financial statement due to ongoing discussions with federal regulators about accounting issues.

Despite headwinds working against the mortgage insurance industry, this business could be the catalyst for bringing private capital back to the mortgage market.

Angel Oak Capital’s second securitization of non-prime residential mortgages brought its funding costs down significantly, helped by the addition of some new investors.

Home Partners of America is marketing its second securitization of single-family rental properties.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that Wells Fargo had engaged in illegal student loan servicing practices by processing payments to maximize late fees.

As the volume of maturing commercial mortgages spikes, so is the number of loans transferred to special servicing when they fail to pay off.

The U.K. government will redeem £3 billion ($3.9 billion) of bonds backed by mortgages from rescued lender Bradford & Bingley, paving the way for a potential sale of the loans

Patrick Tadie has been promoted to division manager of Wilmington Trust’s capital markets structured finance group.

ECMC Group is marketing $373.7 million of notes backed by federally guaranteed student loans that were once delinquent but are now making timely payments.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday urged student loan servicers to provide more help to consumers who apply for income-driven repayment plans.

The first commercial mortgage-backed security to comply with "skin in the game" requirements was extremely well received. Market participants credit the way the large banks sponsoring the deal retained the risk – a strategy unavailable to nonbank lenders.