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The move follows Freddie Mac's expanded use of bank account data and brings to full fruition an effort both enterprises have been engaged in since 2017.

The credit-insurance risk transfer deal from Fannie Mae covers risk from $9 billion in single-family loans and includes a new LTV identifier for the first time.

The automated notices related to potential defects may be helpful because they flag issues earlier, according to the Community Home Lenders of America.

A financial services veteran, Peter Akwaboah joins the government-sponsored enterprise after serving as a managing director for Morgan Stanley, where he led technology and innovation strategy.

Fannie Mae is implementing a new prohibition for traditional valuations and addressing the possibility of the National Flood Insurance Program lapsing.

Fannie Mae also will be making a four-figure adjustment available next month and Freddie Mac is contemplating expanding its program to a new income tier.

December's shift in Federal Reserve policy gave a notable boost to the share of consumer respondents who think the affordability of home financing will improve.

The American Land Title Association pushed back against the move to allow attorney opinion letters in the financing of condo units and certain other properties.

More borrowers are taking action but lack good information, Fannie Mae finds. Meanwhile, premiums are up yet insurers struggle to profit, a separate KBRA study shows.

The departures of David Benson and Jeffrey Hayward means decades of internal experience are leaving the company, said David Stevens.

The program helped more than 23,000 consumers establish credit scores in its first year through partnerships with three fintechs, all of which were chosen to renew their participation.

The government-sponsored enterprise's net income was balanced by climbing interest rates, which drove a large increase in fair value gains.

The share of companies experimenting with artificial intelligence has increased, but full deployment is another matter, a Fannie Mae survey found.

Doug Duncan explains why different players in the market have such contradictory takes on the real estate market right now and how to reconcile their varying outlooks.

A new label and disclosures for certain mortgage securities may create more of an impetus for lenders to extend credit to underserved populations.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

An economic slowdown would deliver lower interest rates but tighter credit standards, while a "soft landing" for the economy wouldn't solve the low inventory problem, a new report said.

The post-close review timeline gets shorter and new pre-funding checks become required on Sept. 1.

Some respondents reprised calls for a return to more flexible capital rules and portfolio-level cross-subsidization. Others see danger in such a move.

The verdict ends a decade-long lawsuit over the Federal Housing Finance Agency's amendment to a stock repurchase agreement in 2012.