The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago purchased $303 million in loan participations from other FHLBanks in honoring outstanding commitments over the first nine months of this year. (MortgageWire reported Nov. 14 that the bank had stopped buying mortgage loans from other FHLBanks.)Earlier this year, the FHLBank said it would stop making new commitments under its Mortgage Partnership Finance program. A bank spokeswoman also pointed out that the Chicago bank purchased nearly $1 billion in mortgage loans from its members during the same period.
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Cities in two southern states dominate the list for real estate, affordability, and quality of life, according to WalletHub.
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Lenders are still frequent targets of the class action complaints over unwanted mortgage solicitations, violations that have netted litigants big paydays.
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Jay Farner takes a majority ownership stake in Detroit's professional soccer franchise through the investment group he launched after leaving Rocket in 2023.
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The major government-related secondary-market loan buyer is moving to a new approach that mortgage companies can start transitioning to later this year.
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Short-sale transactions increased 4% from 2023 to 2024, nearly 10% from 2024 to 2025 and about 16% annually in the first quarter of this year, according to Realtor.com.
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The 30-year fixed rate loan average is at its highest since August, while the 15-year is now above where it was one year ago, Freddie Mac found.
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