Opes Advisors, a wealth management and residential mortgage banking firm, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Absolute Mortgage Banking.

... real estate boom made such lending seem exceptionally safe, and default rates ... of bad real estate development loans the bank made, particularly in California and ... after facing tough competition from national players in the residential mortgage ...

Fitch rates Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust's residential mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2008-1, as follows:

Fitch rates Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust's residential mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2008-1, as follows:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac (FRE.N), the second-biggest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Thursday said its fourth-quarter loss widened to a record $2.5 billion as the housing crisis worsened.

NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said it will cut 1,000 jobs as the nation's second-largest investment bank trims its residential mortgage operations amid the continued deterioration of the mortgage markets.

NEW YORK----Fitch rates IndyMac MBS, Inc., INDX 2007-AR21IP, residential mortgage pass-through certificates, as follows:

NEW YORK----Fitch rates IndyMac MBS, Inc., INDX 2007-AR21IP, residential mortgage pass-through certificates, as follows:

NEW YORK----As of Oct. 30, 2007, Fitch rates GSAA Home Equity Trust's residential mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2007-10, as follows:

NEW YORK----Fitch rates GSAA Home Equity Trust's residential mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2007-10, as follows: