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The agency’s plan to extend the "qualified mortgage" stamp of approval to more loans could help lenders that rely on alternative data and cushion the blow of other QM changes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

But federal elections and the pandemic make projections on the sustainability of industry profitability especially tricky.

The pandemic drives home the point that without those funds being siphoned off, the recent fee hikes would not be necessary.

Millennials locked in the lowest mortgage rates on record and kept the summer housing market hot, according to Ellie Mae.

Home prices continue to accelerate in Southwest Florida, but at a slower pace than the state and the nation.

This proposed Libor replacement is an imaginary, backward-looking benchmark dreamed up by the economists at the Fed with no discernible market.

Mortgage applications fell for the third consecutive week, likely because those borrowers motivated to refinance have already done so, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Individuals who received a coronavirus stimulus check earlier this year also qualify for the protection, as do couples who jointly file their taxes and expect to earn less than $198,000.

Following its deadline for written comments on the topic last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency is scheduling events that will focus on two key themes emerging in responses.

Neither side opted to invoke their Aug. 31 termination rights and the deal is set to close by the end of September.