Capital markets

Valverde, who has a wide range of experience in capital markets and housing finance, will join the government-sponsored enterprise's single-family unit.

The average cost for a loan seller to buy back a mortgage from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac for defects is over $32,000, a study from Reggora and Stratmor found.

EBRD plans to transfer part of the risk tied to roughly $1 billion of private-sector loans to a group of pension funds and asset managers.

The group is calling for the Trump administration to preserve certain features if it picks up where it left off and finishes cutting ties to the Treasury.

HPS founders Scott Kapnick, Scot French and Michael Patterson will lead a new private financing solutions business unit with BlackRock as the company seeks to offer the full range of public fixed-income and alternative credit funds.

Government securitization guarantor Ginnie Mae got the terms for the popular HMBS 2.0 program across the finish line ahead of a major change in federal leadership.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon said bankers would be "dancing in the street" under the lighter-touch regulatory environment expected under Trump.

Fogarty will represent a range of clients, including private equity sponsors, private capital lenders, financial institutions and asset managers in complex structured and securitization transactions.

Sam Valverde, acting president of Ginnie Mae, has resigned after about six months in the job.

Private-label securitization volume increased 75% this year versus 2023; conditions are right for that to continue, KBRA said.

The Trump victory is considered a positive for changing the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but what would that do to interest rates?

The two companies will retain ties as Daniel Wallace moves to an operational leadership position at a time when non-agency mortgage opportunities are opening up.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

Freddie Mac also indicated that it will be proceeding with its closely watched second-lien pilot, while Fannie reported gains in serving credit invisible borrowers.

The transaction will free up as much as $500 million for loans in Latin America and the Caribbean to help alleviate poverty and protect the environment.

The agency is disclosing the percentage of unpaid principal balance held by borrowers in rural areas as classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Quantitative tightening has helped to keep mortgage rates elevated, but new concerns over how it impacts market liquidity could lead the Fed to end the program.

State housing finance agencies had a resurgent fiscal 2023 and the recent fed funds rate reduction could have a mixed impact on them, Fitch Ratings said.

Awareness of disaster risk has increased in the public and private sectors, and it appears to be prompting more interest in home improvements in particular.

Short-term rate cuts often don't immediately translate to lower financing costs for 30-year home loans, and there are some unique circumstances this time.