The regulator has slapped a new 0.5% fee on refinance mortgages
Palash Ghosh
Aug 13, 2020
The rate is the lowest in 50 years.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 16, 2020
The housing sector is facing uncertainties this year and next because of the market conditions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Home sales could slump as much as 15%, some estimates show.
Prathapan Bhaskaran
Apr 16, 2020
Millions of American households have fallen behind on their mortgage payments
Palash Ghosh
Apr 15, 2020
The increasing demand for rent holiday to help tenants tide over likely job loss from the new coronavirus pandemic may have much wider implications for the economy, resulting from mortgage defaults and weakening of the market.
Prathapan Bhaskaran
Apr 04, 2020
Fannie and Freddie will suspend foreclosures for 60 days
Palash Ghosh
Mar 19, 2020
A lawsuit filed by two former lobbyists revealed a secret plan to buy Freddie Mac from government control hatched between 2016 and 2018.
Thomas Kika
Feb 15, 2020
Freddie Mac has reported a notable increase in the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage.
Thomas Kika
Sep 23, 2019
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin laid out the administration's reform plans for housing finance, including the government-sponsored enterprises known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
AFP News
Sep 10, 2019
The 53-page Treasury Department plan is similar to a bill under consideration in the Senate.
Marcy Kreiter
Sep 05, 2019
Amid a spike in mortgage rates over the past two months, some potential buyers are shying away.
Lydia O'Neal
Jan 04, 2017
For the first time, nonbanks have surpassed banks as the leading suppliers of mortgages, an industry group found.
Lydia O'Neal
Nov 03, 2016
Nomura Holdings was found liable for selling faulty loans in the lead-up to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Owen Davis
May 12, 2015
The New York Federal Reserve officials tasked with prying interest rates off the floor have been meeting with bankers and traders to plot how best to do it, amid deep uncertainty over how much control they will really have over short-term lending markets.
Reuters
Mar 26, 2015
Washington bailed out the two firms in 2008 at the height of the financial crisis.
Reuters
Mar 18, 2015
Stagnant wage growth continues to weigh on U.S. consumers, with home ownership still unaffordable for most Americans.
Jessica Menton
Nov 14, 2014
Fannie Mae has reached a $170 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of misleading shareholders about its finances, risk management and mortgage exposure before it was seized during the crisis.
Reuters
Oct 24, 2014
U.S. home resales raced to a one-year high in September, the latest indication the housing market recovery is gradually getting back on track.
Reuters
Oct 21, 2014
The settlement is valued at $1.2 billion after deducting the current estimated value of the low-quality securities.
Avaneesh Pandey
Aug 23, 2014
Bank of America Corp. agreed to a $16.65 billion settlement with the SEC Thursday.
Rebecka Schumann
Aug 21, 2014
The major bank was convicted of defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the mortgage collapse.
Reuters
Jul 30, 2014
"Countrywide and Bank of America made disastrously bad loans and stuck taxpayers with the bill."
Greg Morcroft
Jun 06, 2014
