Freddie Mac

Fannie Mae announced a pilot rollout of a new special-purpose credit program, while Freddie Mac said it is expediting review of similar new programs from lenders during the Mortgage Bankers Association conference this week.

Both the 30- and 15-year averages are now more than 3 percentage points higher from their levels of one year ago.

Join three officials from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's recently establish Office of Technology to hear about their goals and initiatives for the department and how their work may impact every day lending activities.

The 15-year average crossed the 5% threshold for the first time in over a decade.

As the GSEs enter their 15th year in conservatorship, shareholders are wondering when they'll get their company back.

Comments from Federal Reserve officials in Jackson Hole last week have markets bracing for further tightening of monetary policy in the near term.

Better-than-expected economic data helped lead to the steep acceleration of the 30-year average, while the 15-year also shot up.

Automating rent-based underwriting for single-family loans and offering incentives for multifamily borrowers who accept housing vouchers are just two ways Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tackling the challenge of equitable housing.

The decline continues the trend of seesaw movements, coming just a week after economic worries led averages to surge.

In actuality, the law establishes the procedure for setting the maximum limits; in principle, the director could set the limits below these maximum levels, argues a former principal economist for the Federal Housing Finance Agency.