How bad is it? Since 2010, liquidations amounting to $3.89 billion led to $2.88 billion in CMBS losses, a 74.0 percent loss severity.

Spencer Stuart, headhunting firm, aided the MI in its search for a new CEO. A few months back former Freddie Mac executive Bruce Witherell was approached about the job, but passed.

Phillips, managing director of financial markets/client solutions at BlackRock, is well known in MBS circles for his early days at First Boston…

Besides the GSEs, one Fairholme’s most speculative investments is Sears Holdings Corp., the struggling retailer…

CMG Mortgage founder and CEO Chris George said that when it comes to hiring he's mostly in a "holding pattern" right now, with exceptions...

The DTAs are available to the GSEs as future deductions against taxable income. A reduction in the corporate tax rate would reduce existing DTAs for not just Fannie and Freddie but for other U.S. businesses as well.

The full Senate could vote on the Ben Carson nomination next week...

Over the past two years, the Wall Street giant has purchased a handful of nonbank lenders, including Gateway Funding...

With its consent order in the rear-view, look for Flagstar to do more deals, industry advisors told IMFnews...

Correspondent lending accounts for 21.4 percent of Stearns’ total origination volume, based on fourth quarter figures from Inside Mortgage Finance…