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The origination boom generated another profit for the company in the third quarter, when also it obtained a novel source of liquidity to support its servicing operations.

How we resolve millions of delinquent mortgages due to COVID is the only question that matters.

The recent decrease in the rate at which current loans became impaired could further encourage the cautious return of the non-QM market currently underway.

The restrictions on the pooling of loans with any interest term based on Libor will be effective for traditional mortgage-backed securities issued starting Jan. 21, 2021, and earlier for reverse-mortgage securitizations.

Private equity firms are hitting the U.S. leveraged loan market at the fastest pace in years to fund shareholder payouts with about $8.6 billion of dividend recapitalization deals launched this month.

Bondholders could see principal losses if, due to the way the documents are worded, the rate is frozen at the last published amount.

Electronic notes did come in handy this year given the mortgage industry's need to operate remotely, but they also increase the government-sponsored enterprises' responsibility for monitoring the risk of multiple counterparties.

Also the Federal Housing Administration, which is a key contributor of government-insured loans to Ginnie securitizations, recently set new conditions on mortgage applicants that have been in forbearance.

KKR & Co. is looking to grow its asset-based private lending business to capitalize on a retreat by banks and more traditional market participants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has led to mis-priced risk.

The stock market has reached record highs despite rampant unemployment, recession and a global pandemic. What gives?

The pandemic drives home the point that without those funds being siphoned off, the recent fee hikes would not be necessary.

Following its deadline for written comments on the topic last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is scheduling events that will focus on two key themes emerging in responses.

Investors should consider alternatives such as private credit as they search for positive yield in a world of low or negative interest rates, according to asset manager Nuveen LLC.

Ginnie Mae helped to fund more than $70 billion in loans aimed at helping low- and moderate-income borrowers in July.

The mortgage servicing rights package going up for bid adds to signs that the market for large offerings is becoming more active.

The private equity megalith's mortgage trust made a second-quarter net income of over $17.5 million and $85.2 million in core earnings.

From guidelines for remote appraisal alternatives to the ways that forbearance affects borrowers' ability to get new loans, here are five examples of mortgage requirements that have been in flux since the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.

The mortgage REIT's external manager responded by filing a new lawsuit against it, calling the move "baseless and retaliatory."

The measures currently ensuring mortgage companies have sufficient cash to cover advances aren't necessarily sustainable, warns Ted Tozer, a senior fellow at the Milken Institute and a former government official.

Issuers approved for the program will receive written authority to use "digital collateral" for a limited number of securitizations.