The bid deadline is May 12 and according to Prestwick, the seller wants to “start deliveries as soon as possible.”

Funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities issued the first multi-borrower single family rental security this week and the market appears to be set to grow throughout the year, according to industry analysts. The $229.53 million B2R Mortgage Trust 2015-1 was issued this week with AAA ratings from Fitch Ratings. “We think...

On the issue of mini-correspondent lending, a group of secondary market investors has offered alternative criteria it recommends the CFPB use...

For the most part, jumbo MBS issuance has been weak (though improving), but the ABS market has been on fire...

Former FHA chief David Stevens said use of the False Claims Act as a “legal sledgehammer will now be tested by one of the highest quality FHA lenders in the nation.”

Impac originated $2.85 billion of loans in 1Q15, a figure that includes production from CashCall.

Grid Financial consultant Paul Hindman is a true believer in brokers as is Mat Ishbia of United Wholesale Mortgage.

The GSEs have provided multifamily financing for more than two decades, but their dwindling role has some worried that it has adverse effects on the underserved and low-income segment of the multifamily market. Although the Federal Housing Finance Agency said it is working to slow the decline, an April brief by the Urban Institute pointed out that with the increasing demand and costs of renting, the agency may need to do more in maintaining or increasing the GSE role in multifamily. In the past 25 years, the dollar volume of GSE multifamily financing has grown from $4.5 billion in 1990 to more than $57 billion at the end of 2014. But recent declines show that Fannie’s and Freddie’s

Most of the slack is being taken up by nonbanks, which serviced $1.571 trillion of agency MBS at March 31.

Many real estate agents report that appraisal costs have risen and AMCs’ overhead may be responsible...