The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., commonly known as Farmer Mac, has announced the purchase of mortgage-backed securities representing beneficial ownership interests in $365 million of distribution cooperative mortgage loans sold by the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.The asset sale should improve loan pricing to the cooperative members of National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. and it "advances Farmer Mac's role in financing rural America," said Farmer Mac, a government-sponsored enterprise that provides a secondary market for agricultural real estate and rural housing mortgage loans. The organizations can be found on the Web at http://www.farmermac.com and http://www.nrucfc.coop.
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The Housing for the 21st Century Act includes provisions covering policy, manufactured homes and rural infrastructure introduced in a prior Senate proposal.
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Mortgage loan officer licensing saw its first rise since 2022 as Fannie Mae projects $2.4T in 2026 volume. Experts eye a market reset amid improving affordability.
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The FHFA chief told Fox an offering could be done near term - but may not be - while a Treasury official addressed conservatorship questions at an FSOC hearing.
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The secondary market regulator will formally publish its own rule on Feb. 6, after a comment period and without making changes to what it proposed in July.
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Bowing to industry pressure, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning consumers with notices on its complaint portal not to file disputes about inaccurate information on credit reports, among other changes.
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The mortgage technology unit at Intercontinental Exchange posted a profit for the third straight quarter, even as lower minimums among renewals capped growth.
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