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Former Jefferies LLC managing director Jesse Litvak "lied to his customers" about the prices of mortgage-backed securities, a prosecutor told jurors as the U.S tries for a second time to win a conviction that sticks.

Redwood Trust wasted no time in launching its first offering of the year of residential mortgage bonds last week.

Proponents of "recap and release" misread the political risks and the depth of interest that key lawmakers have in determining the long-term future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac obtained one final new insurance policies under its Agency Credit Insurance Structure program in 2016.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is making it easier for Federal Home Loan banks to expand the kinds of collateral they can accept for advances

PHH is selling its remaining residential mortgage servicing portfolio to the real estate investment trust New Residential.

Russia’s Vozrozhdenie Bank is coming to market with a RUB 7.4 billion securitization of residential mortgages, it’s fifth to date, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Next year is shaping up to be a pivotal one for the future of the Common Securitization Platform and the issuance of the single security by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Merchant banking firm Opus Bank completed a $509 million securitization of its multifamily loans through a Freddie Mac-sponsored “Q-deal” risk-transfer securitization, the company announced Tuesday.

Deutsche Bank AG and Credit Suisse Group AG agreed to pay a combined $12.5 billion to resolve U.S. investigations into sales of the toxic debt that fueled the financial crisis, putting behind them a major dispute that undermined confidence in the banks and raised questions about their turnarounds.