Finance

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.

The two government-sponsored enterprises are repositioning Common Securitization Solutions to align with priorities set by their regulator and President Trump.

HUD officials outlined a number of key changes to its manufactured housing programs including eliminating the chassis requirement.

The regulator and conservator of two influential loan buyers with government ties has directed them to look at digital currency's use in qualifying borrowers.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has bundled the riskiest portions of over a dozen Freddie Mac mortgage bonds tied to small balance apartment loans in what appears to be the first time this sort of debt has been securitized not once but twice.

Transparency has improved for mortgages but associations still lack access and insurance is a challenge in efforts to balance access to housing with safety.

In some ways, the uncertainty in mortgage and capital markets has been unprecedented this year, but other aspects are old hat for industry veterans.

Analysts are predicting stronger results this year after a disappointing outcome in 2024.

Financial markets were shaken but not stirred this past spring, according to the Federal Reserve, as swinging stock prices and bond yields did little to bring down elevated asset prices or leverage. 

Bill Pulte's social media posts saying inflation has fallen far enough added to intensified political pressure on the independent Federal Reserve chairman.

The publicly traded company will become privately held as part of the all-cash servicer-lender acquisition, with a $20-per-share payout to common stockholders.

Prior to this development, the CFPB was the sole industry participant to publish an average prime offer rate index on a weekly basis.

Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday.

The closed meeting between the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Treasury, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is the first publicized in some time.

The Mortgage Bankers Association chief thinks the move could fit in with regulatory goals, and it's getting pushback like an earlier version of the concept did.

The industry's biggest opportunities involve the evolving cost of capital, which will shift funding sources from the private, local lending markets to institutional sources.

The transaction is the first in what is planned to be a continued series of purchases by the new fund as it continues to raise capital from investors.