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The Federal Housing Finance Agency could slow efforts to shrink Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and boost aid to troubled borrowers if U.S. Representative Mel Watt is confirmed as the agency’s director early next month.

Most U.S. adults’ opinion of homeownership has failed to waver over the past five years even though the return to a normal housing market has been slow, according to a NeighborWorks America survey.

Western States dominate the low-coupon Fannie Mae mortgage-servicing rights package.

The notes are backed by servicer advance and servicing fee advance receivables, and similar to a previous August deal.

A letter has been sent to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency demanding more information about the settlement.

Some of the country’s most distressed neighborhoods will benefit from a new round of federal funding that simultaneously promotes community redevelopment planning and transformation through housing, services and job creation.

U.S. foreclosure inventory through October is at its lowest point since the end of 2008, LPS data reveal.

The company was sued by a borrower over allegations of not properly disclosing payment option adjustable rate mortgages.

News that the Fed decided to continue the quantitative easing asset purchase program has left real estate investment trusts worrying about the future of the mortgage REIT market.

The insurer underwrites all of its policies and therefore can offer relief in less than 36 months.