Fitch is including environmental, social and governance relevance scores as part of its ratings of securitized products. The scores help assess sustainability and ethics though they aren’t a major factor in credit ratings.

After facing some legal setbacks, investors in commercial MBS have adjusted their tactics in an effort to prevent abuses of the ability special servicers have to purchase loans out of commercial MBS.

The White House plans to nominate someone to lead Ginnie Mae but given the current political turmoil in Washington, is this a pipe dream? Investors don’t seem worried about the agency, at least not yet.

Presale reports for nine non-agency MBS backed by newly-originated loans were published halfway through October.

The online marketplace’s new platform for institutional investors to purchase unsecured consumer loans is aimed at increasing liquidity.

Carr Properties is sponsoring a single-asset, single-borrower CMBS backed by a loan on a building that hosts Fannie Mae’s new headquarters.

New York has set a six-year statute of limitation to bring charges under the Martin Act. The deadline issue has been a bone of contention in a court case between the state attorney general and Credit Suisse.

Are settlement talks heating up between GSE shareholders and Uncle Sam? Hard to say, but at least the housing-finance train is on the move.

In an effort to receive favorable capital treatment for credit-risk transfer on non-agency mortgages, JPMorgan Chase is preparing a unique deal.