Finance

While refinances are behind the latest increases, the pace of purchase activity may be a stronger indicator of where the housing market sits.

The notes are backed by home improvement installment loans originated by approved dealers in Foundation Finance Company's network.

The terms cover various aspects of the application and closing process that mortgage lenders may charge consumers a fee for performing when producing a loan.

The government-sponsored enterprise has reportedly added a new vendor to a test in which it buys certain loans without title insurance or attorney opinion letters.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said that criticisms of the Fed's balance sheet and calls to return to a scarce reserves system are misinformed, saying that much of the central bank's balance sheet is the result of activities outside the Fed's control.

The deal is the seventh prime jumbo issuance from Chase Home Lending Mortgage Trust in 2025.

US Treasuries fell for a fifth day as demand for long-term government debt across the globe wanes amid a flurry of bond auctions this week.

The move their regulator Bill Pulte announced introduces competition for one metric but charges from three credit bureaus will remain in place.

New research from the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and San Francisco says markets put the odds of zero interest rates lower today than in the recent past, but economic uncertainty raises the potential for drastic cuts in the "medium to long term."

Both government-sponsored enterprises also are tightening rules around condo and co-op loans in buildings that have been involved in insolvency proceedings.

Nonbank payrolls rose incrementally during the homebuying season as home-loan borrowing costs trended lower and a housing regulator sought to influence Fed policy.

Treasuries tumbled after a stronger-than-expected jobs report for June prompted traders to exit bets on an interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve this month.

The president and his allies have stepped up their verbal attacks on the Federal Reserve and its chairman in recent weeks, and while the tough talk has not changed policy, it has sent a clear message to the financial sector.

The RMBS notes benefit from geographic diversity and credit enhancement.

The prime jumbo RMBS transaction is collateralized by 402 residential mortgage loans.

Policymakers technically closed the relief program in May because of concerns it was too costly, but it does have a soft phaseout for grandfathered trial mods.

Bill Pulte, regulator and conservator of entities that buy and securitize many mortgages, also reaffirmed he's 'not happy with" lenders' main score provider.

This transaction for 230 rental units follows a March $10 million affordable housing investment in Nevada Housing Division Mortgage Revenue Bonds.

The regulator and conservatorship of the large government-related mortgage investors said he's been bringing them together in unprecedented ways.

Foreclosure prevention at the government-sponsored enterprises and Federal Housing Administration is less expensive than the alternative, two studies show.