The Federal Open Market Committee said the central bank plans to continue purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities to foster a continuing housing recovery while trying to keep unemployment rates down.

The FOMC made that conclusion after members met this...

Real estate investment trusts picked up tremendous steam in 2012, carrying the momentum into the new year with dozens of REITs filing for initial public offerings in 2013.

Due to positive fundamentals as well as low interest rates, new IPO REITS will continue to develop into the market,...

Mortgage bond investors in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac securities fear the replacement of current acting director Ed DeMarco of the Federal Housing Finance Agency will devestate the secondary market, given the fact that he's held off...

A key objective of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is to execute various risk transfer transactions aimed at reducing the enterprises’ footprint in housing finance. 

As a result, the need for a move back to a mortgage market financed predominately by private...

Global financial services provider UBS is going to great lengths to show it is in a position of stability.

In a press release today UBS...

Mortgage experts recently met with White House officials to discuss housing and mortgage issues, resurfacing the possible idea of establishing a Home Affordable Refinance Program 3.0 program.

Particularly, the Obama Administration is intending to push for a HARP 3.0 program, allowing...

In this new era, trading mortgages has been challenging over the past year for investors due to a number of reasons. 

In particular, massive mortgage-backed securities purchases by the Federal Reserve have impaired liquidity and market depth while...