Following a July 28 issuance of a request for proposals (RFP), the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has selected Blackrock Solutions to assist state [read more]
Delinquency rates for commercial/multifamily mortgage investor groups in the second quarter were mixed, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report. The delinquency [read more]
Downgrades on existing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) will continue at a less pronounced pace as the market prepares for a steady inflow of new issuance [read more]
Based on the strong surge in lodging demand that occurred during the first half of the year, Colliers PKF Hospitality Research (PKF-HR) now forecasts that [read more]
With $462.8 billion in U.S. master and primary servicing contracts, Wells Fargo topped the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) midyear ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage [read more]
JPMorgan Chase is marketing a $484.6 million commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) that is backed by a loan to Centro Properties Group, several media outlets are [read more]
Commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) loans are going bad at a slower rate, Realpoint reports in its monthly delinquency report. According to the rating agency, the [read more]
California hotel sales jumped 59% in the first six months of the year, according to a recent analysis published by Atlas Hospitality Group, a hotel [read more]
Starwood Property Trust has announced that its participation in a recently completed commercial mortgage securitization generated nonrecourse match-funded financing for the company with an effective [read more]
PCCP LLC and the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) have teamed up to form a new venture that will originate first mortgages. The venture [read more]
WORD ON THE STREET: Over the past 20 years, as the banking industry has consolidated into fewer and larger banks, a perennial question has been, [read more]
Selling real estate owned (REO) properties to owner-occupants and buyers who qualify for publicly funded housing programs remains an overarching goal of the government-sponsored enterprises [read more]
REQUIRED READING: If your firm originated loans prior to 2009, you have buybacks and need to know how to defend yourself. Loan buyback demands are [read more]
PERSON THE WEEK: As the mortgage banking industry continues to keep up with the acute changes in regulation and policy - the Dodd-Frank Act, government-sponsored [read more]
BLOG VIEW: Does the U.S. really need a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Probably not, but the Dodd-Frank Act gave us this new bureaucracy, and we [read more]
WORD ON THE STREET: The new Financial Stability Oversight Council is directed to make recommendations to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors "concerning the establishment [read more]
REQUIRED READING: Today's mortgage lenders fall into one of three categories: those that are growing faster than ever, those that are getting ready to shut [read more]
REQUIRED READING: Try as it might, the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) cannot resolve the shadow inventory alone. With only a fraction of the borrowers [read more]
