The rating agency cited the pending acquisition by Ocwen of ResCap's loan servicing unit.

Some banks, after shrinking their investment in servicing, may see value in the product.

Mortgage application activity rose 12.6% in the week ending Nov. 9, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A $950 million CMBS backed by the fee interest in 1290 Avenue of the Americas has joined this week's CMBS pipeline.

Lawsuits that charge Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank with misleading mortgage investors may proceed, a federal judge in Manhattan has ruled.

Redwood Trust is planning to sell its sixth transaction of 2012 called Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2012-6, a Jumbo prime RMBS transaction.

Raj Date, the CFPB's No. 2, will leave the agency after it finalizes a package of mortgage rules it is currently writing, a spokeswoman said.

The securitization vehicle set up to fund the tariff deficit in the Spanish power industry will be selling €110 million of debt securities backed by a Spanish government guarantee.

Although European CMBS saw a boost in new issuance in September, with two new transactions closing in a single month for the first time since August 2007, S&P believes that this activity is not indicative of a "sustainable rebound".

Moody’s says that the higher education sector was recently blessed with a credit positive but that the sector will experience mixed credit conditions in the next few years.

A crucial audit will be released on the FHA mutual mortgage insurance fund, but recent figures released by the agency indicate that late payments are headed in the wrong direction.

Mortgage servicers are making a push to remind homeowners who may be facing foreclosure they have roughly 48 days to request independent reviews.