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RBC Capital Markets appointed Peter Hirsch as managing director and head of U.S. dollar rates and mortgage trading. The new appointee's, who will be based in New York, focus includes coverage of governments, agencies, agency mortgages and derivatives.

Regulators have removed a major barrier in CIT Group's plans to act more like a bank.

Lender Processing Services' (LPS) "first look" report found that the national monthly and yearly delinquency rates continued to decline in March.

Sales of existing single-family homes rose 4% in March on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, signaling a lackluster start to the spring home buying season.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported an increase in both refinance and purchase activity in the week ending April 15 with applications up 5.3% overall.

Refinancings caused loan production to spike in the fourth quarter but independent residential lenders experienced a 24% decline in how much they earned per loan, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

The European Union (EU) and U.S. regulators might be on the same page when it comes to trying to get the securitization market to be more risk averse. However, their different approaches have left a gap that needs to be eventually bridged, industry sources said .

Ginnie Mae guaranteed over $24.1 billion in MBS in March, the agency announced in a release today.

The vast majority of credit unions reject the Republicans’ plan to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and insist that the government retain a role in the secondary mortgage market, according to a new survey by the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU).

BlackRock hired Jack Chandler as global head of real estate. In this new position, Chandler will oversee the firm's global real estate capabilities that extend across the capital market structure and include both equity and debt investment products that have reached around $13 billion in assets under management.