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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is the new chair for both and he has removed several members while adding a few new names at each.

New residential construction increased 11.2% to an annualized rate of 1.5 million in February, according to government data released Tuesday.

The private market is increasingly testing credit metrics aimed at growing originations without adding risk as a larger effort to this end has slowed.

Included among the social media posts made by the new FHFA director was a request for public comment on how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might be improved.

President Donald Trump's executive order severely limiting the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund has thrown the industry into confusion as financial companies try to quantify the damage.

President Trump's selection of Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman as the next vice chair for supervision comes as banking groups and their allies in Congress asked the administration to fill the position quickly. Bowman was the preferred choice for many in the industry.

Large mortgage companies are targeting mergers and acquisitions as well as home equity lending in their 2025 business plans, Boston Consulting Group said.

An ex-Biden administration official suggested potential challenges in identifying lands that have access to both employment opportunities and infrastructure.

Rocket said the Redfin deal is part of a purchase mortgage strategy, but originating and retaining residential mortgages in portfolio is the real endgame writes the chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.

Measures of current sales of single-family homes and prospective-buyer traffic, dropped to their lowest levels since the end of 2023.