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All of the loans are non-prime loans, and this is the first transaction that BREDS will sponsor using the BINOM shelf.

Former principal economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency does the math on how the changes impact the missions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A group of 20 insurers and reinsurers provided coverage for the government-sponsored enterprise’s credit insurance risk transfer deal, which was the biggest in its category to date.

Similarities between the current rate of appreciation and what took place between 2004 and 2006 are mitigated by changes in the housing market.

But the latest employment report also reveals that if construction hiring remains sufficiently strong, home purchase originations are on track to grow to $1.7 trillion from $1.6 trillion next year.

The entire collateral pool is made up of conforming, high-balance mortgage loans underwritten using an automated system designated by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Zillow Group Inc. jumped in late trading Thursday after the company said it plans to repurchase shares as it makes progress winding down its ill-fated home-flipping business.

LoanLogics, a Sun Capital affiliate, has purchased LoanBeam, a company with approvals from major government-related housing finance investors to provide digital processing and income calculations for tax documents.

Besides making the deduction permanent, the bill doubles the income threshold for those eligible to claim it.

Chryssa Halley, who has been with the company since 2006, was named CFO and Jim Holmberg was named controller.