A Florida-based investor is touting the profits available from commercial MBS with distressed malls. The trade runs counter to the “mall shorts” that helped generate massive returns for some investors last year.

Industry participants are confident that the non-agency market can absorb some GSE mortgages that will otherwise be subject to higher fees; SFA highlights ABS LIBOR complication; Credit Suisse modifies MBS issued in 2019; New Residential set to issue single-family rental securitization.

Lenders are increasingly using evaluations to determine home values rather than completing full appraisals. The evaluations carry risks for both lenders and borrowers, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

When lenders opt for an evaluation rather than an appraisal, they often use AVMs...

Blue River Mortgage III, Angelo Gordon’s conduit, started acquiring Fannie/Freddie-eligible loans for investment properties last year.

The top five ARM lenders through the first nine months of 2021: Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo, First Republic and Citigroup...

Collateral from a variety of lenders will be included in the deal, led by Paramount Residential Mortgage with a 7.5% share.

In mortgage banking, it's not necessarily where you've been, but where you're headed...

Staircase, a mortgage technology provider, recently raised $18 million in series A funding...

Credit-risk transfer transactions offer capital relief for banks and strong yields for investors. A CRT from Texas Capital Bank could only be scratching the surface of the potential of such deals.