In a partnership to make $2 billion in affordable mortgages available to 35,000 minority and low-wealth home buyers nationwide, the Ford Foundation has joined forces with Self-Help, a North Carolina-based nonprofit community development organization, and Fannie Mae.The Ford Foundation will make a $50 million grant to expand Self-Help's Home Loan Secondary Market Program nationwide. Fannie Mae has made a commitment to purchase or securitize the total $2 billion in loans Self-Help will acquire. The Ford Foundation's website address is http://www.fordfound.com and Self-Help's is http://www.self-help.org.
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Over one-third of the Wolters Kluwer survey participants believe the next Fed move will be to boost short-term rates, but most expect one cut next year.
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The National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Market Index for the second quarter posted a reading of 61, a one-point decline from the first quarter.
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The new Mortgage Bankers Association research adds to debate over whether Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should allow a less costly alternative to the tri-merge.
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Wide regional variances appeared in housing-start activity in 2025, when the traditional leading builder markets all saw numbers decline by as much as 15%.
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The bill, which passed with wide bipartisan support, will become law at midnight if President Donald Trump doesn't veto it.
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Total application volume fell by over 13.000 units on a month-to-month basis, with declines in purchase and refinance activity, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said.
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