Wed, Nov 20 2019, 8:49 AM
A new analysis from the real estate brokerage firm Redfin shows the typical homeowner in the United States now stays in their house for 13 years, five...
Fri, Nov 1 2019, 8:25 AM
Freddie Mac's end-of-the-month forecast for October was exceptionally brief, perhaps in recognition that it has all been said before. The economy is s...
Wed, Oct 9 2019, 8:41 AM
What’s your price hit for a non-owner-occupied loan? Currently, there are 12 million single-family homes being rented in the United States, 35 percent...
Tue, Oct 1 2019, 10:56 AM
Despite expecting an economic slowdown as reflected in the gross domestic product (GDP), Freddie Mac published a pretty upbeat September forecast as t...
Mon, Sep 30 2019, 2:56 PM
On Monday the government slightly loosened the leash on which it has held the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) for more than 11 years . In ...
Fri, Sep 27 2019, 9:26 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 12.9 percent in August , increasing from 6.3 perce...
Fri, Sep 6 2019, 11:24 AM
The Treasury Department released the Trump Administration's long-awaited plan for reforming the nation's housing finance system on Thursday. Treasury ...
Fri, Sep 6 2019, 9:08 AM
Yesterday the industry reacted to the topic of housing finance reform. HUD presented its plan for FHA . But, like Farrah Fawcett passing away on the s...
Thu, Sep 5 2019, 9:05 AM
Do you know what is picking up steam out there? Credit unions are on a “bank buying spree.” The numbers aren’t huge, but these not-for-profit financia...
Fri, Aug 30 2019, 8:12 AM
Housing led the way into the last recession, now Freddie Mac's economists are suggesting it might help stave off the next one or at least modify its s...
Thu, Aug 22 2019, 2:42 PM
Sources are telling Bloomberg that a report on the White House's plan to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs) from their 11-year long conserv...
Mon, Aug 12 2019, 3:22 PM
After years of planning, the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac launched their uniform mortgage-backed security (U...
Wed, Jul 31 2019, 10:55 AM
The housing market has been looking slightly better over the last few month and Freddie Mac July economic report reflects that fact. They also maintai...
Tue, Jul 30 2019, 8:09 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 5.3 percent in June, a bit slower than the 7.5 per...
Wed, Jun 26 2019, 9:44 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent in May , increasing from 6.2 percent t...
Fri, Jun 21 2019, 9:06 AM
That mortgage prices change every day, and often during the day, is about as surprising as sheriffs finding marijuana on Willie Nelson’s tour bus. Pri...
Thu, Jun 20 2019, 10:17 AM
Freddie Mac is announcing a new loan program to help address the need for affordable housing and encourage the renovation of older homes. The company ...
Wed, Jun 12 2019, 8:45 AM
In the tech world, the question of, “What is real, and what isn’t?” is becoming more of problem to determine than ever before. The latest is in re-pro...
Tue, May 28 2019, 11:53 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 6.2 percent in April, declining from 8.0 percent t...
Thu, May 23 2019, 8:11 AM
If you stuffed the old certificates in your sock drawer ten years ago, it may be time to dig them out. Mark Calabria, the new director of the Federal ...
Mon, May 20 2019, 10:06 AM
Freddie Mac's May Forecast continues to look for a downward trending interest on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. The company's economists are project...
Mon, May 20 2019, 8:28 AM
Tony H. sent, “A conference is a gathering of people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.” Not at this MBA eve...
Wed, May 8 2019, 8:11 AM
Freddie Mac is undertaking a new initiative designed to align the servicing process to a more customer service focus, especially for distressed homeow...
Thu, May 2 2019, 5:21 PM
The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac released their first quarter financial results on Wednesday. Both had slightly ...
Mon, Apr 29 2019, 10:28 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 8.0 percent in March, growing from 3.0 percent the...
Thu, Apr 11 2019, 9:11 AM
Kim Kardashian has vowed to take and pass the bar exam in 2022 without attending law school. You go girl! Few who go that route pass the test. Then ag...
Thu, Mar 28 2019, 9:02 AM
Be careful with your advertising! HUD announced today that it is charging Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act by encouraging, enabling, and c...
Wed, Mar 27 2019, 11:06 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 3.0 percent in February, growing from 1.2 percent ...
Fri, Mar 22 2019, 12:41 PM
Like virtually all the experts, including those at the Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac's economists have reduced their expectations for economic growth ....
Mon, Mar 11 2019, 8:52 AM
How do you pay your bills? (Do you pay your bills?) Cash? Check? Automatic debit? There is a myriad of ways that borrowers remit their mortgage paymen...
Tue, Feb 26 2019, 8:34 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in January, down from 6.6 percent the ...
Fri, Feb 8 2019, 11:08 AM
The second proposal for reform of the housing finance system in a week was just introduced by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Their "visi...
Wed, Jan 30 2019, 8:45 AM
Freddie Mac's Economic Research Group says in its January forecast that much of the volatility in the mortgage market since the end of the year has ar...
Wed, Jan 30 2019, 8:21 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 6.6 percent in December , down from 6.8 percent th...
Tue, Jan 22 2019, 11:46 AM
MarketWatch is reporting that Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) along with Treasury and other parts of the administration are about to reveal a pl...
Tue, Jan 22 2019, 8:57 AM
“Some people are so poor, all they have is money.” How about “26 of the World’s Richest Own the Same Wealth as Poorest Half” in the world!? To the bes...
Fri, Jan 18 2019, 9:11 AM
For the first time in history, the six biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley — mad...
Thu, Jan 3 2019, 8:21 AM
Earlier this week we summarized a new White Paper from Freddie Mae detailing the growing importance of single-family properties within the U.S. rental...
Thu, Dec 27 2018, 10:06 AM
Home prices on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA's) Housing Price Index (HPI) crept higher in October, although year over year appreciation s...
Mon, Dec 24 2018, 10:19 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 6.8 percent in November, up from 4.7 percent the p...
Wed, Dec 19 2018, 11:27 AM
The debate has opened again on the fate of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the GSEs). Ten plus years after the two were put in federal conservatorship at ...
Mon, Dec 10 2018, 1:23 PM
Both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have announced the suspension of eviction lockouts for single-family and two- to four-unit properties for the holiday ...
Fri, Dec 7 2018, 1:24 PM
Three researchers from the Urban Institute (UI) recently analyzed the new capital standards rule proposed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)...
Thu, Dec 6 2018, 8:44 AM
In June the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) issued a proposed capital standard for the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Freddie Mac an...
Fri, Nov 30 2018, 11:17 AM
Freddie Mac reported this week that its total mortgage portfolio increased at an annualized rate of 4.7 percent in October, up from 2.3 percent the pr...
Fri, Nov 23 2018, 8:53 AM
"Why is it that when the CDC warns us to not eat romaine lettuce, we take it as gospel. But when the CDC tells us that vaccines save lives, we think t...
Thu, Nov 15 2018, 9:01 AM
With only week until Thanksgiving there’s a lot going on – every one of these stats impacts lenders. CoreLogic tells us that there are 48,390 homes at...
Fri, Nov 9 2018, 8:58 AM
Whether bond loans (we all know how management loves those), non-QM, reverse mortgages, or high loan to values, originators everywhere are working har...
Fri, Nov 2 2018, 10:12 AM
Both of the two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which remain in government receivership ten years after the housin...
Tue, Oct 30 2018, 4:07 PM
Freddie Mac is forecasting that there will be GDP growth of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of this year, moderating from the strong 4.2 percent gro...
