GSEs

Despite fears that increased compliance costs from new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules could drive community lenders out of the mortgage business, a watchdog report found that smaller companies remain active.

Regulators sought to limit improper contact between lenders and appraisers, but policies of the two mortgage giants encourage the kind of practices that contributed to the housing crisis.

First South Bank has purchased a mortgage servicing rights portfolio of 452 Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loans.

The official platform of the Republican Party has softened language calling for the end of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while continuing to demand reform of the government-sponsored enterprises.

Home prices rose 5.6% in May from a year earlier as buyers competed for a scarcity of listings, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said in a report.

A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court decision that dismissed a lawsuit against Freddie Mac brought by a state pension fund.

Mortgage rates ticked up slightly across the board as the bond market settled from its post-Brexit volatility, but they remained near their historic lows, according to Freddie Mac.

HUD reverses course and decides to investigate findings by the Inspector General that some DPA programs don't comply with FHA rules.

Mergers and acquisitions are important, but simply buying out the competition is no longer the road to success.

Fannie Mae has priced its Connecticut Avenue Securities, the series 2016-C04, at tighter spreads to its previous deal, completed in April.