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The $38.7 billion of equity withdrawn during the period was down 8% from the fourth quarter.
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While the multifamily loan forbearance rate is lower than the most pessimistic projections, Pat Jackson says borrowers are hardly out of the woods yet.
July 6 -
The number of Southern California homes put into escrow rose for the 10th consecutive week, as the market recovers from the coronavirus economic shock.
July 6 -
Napa County home sales sank like a rock this May, dropping 54% compared to one year ago, the California Association of Realtors reported.
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The notice of proposed rulemaking was mandated by the Dodd-Frank regulatory relief act passed in 2018.
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A bevy of housing advocates spoke against President Trump's threat to remove the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule, a regulation that aims to end racial segregation.
July 2 -
The mortgage insurer is receiving $528 million of coverage in the event of defaults in a $44 billion loan pool.
July 2 -
While the new employment numbers bode well for housing and loan performance in the short term, concerns abound regarding how the unemployment rate and furloughs could affect prospects for the business later.
July 2 -
Tom Pahl, a former longtime regulator at the Federal Trade Commission, has led key rulemaking efforts for the consumer bureau.
July 2 -
Legal experts say it is now more likely that the Supreme Court will strike down the single-director governance framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator.
July 2 -
Mortgage rates reached their lowest level this week since Freddie Mac began its Primary Mortgage Market Survey in 1971, but they might not have yet gotten to their floor.
July 2 -
A new study confirms what many central Ohio home shoppers already suspect: Nowhere in the country do homes sell faster than in Columbus.
July 2 -
The agency has proposed letting firms seek specific guidance, which can be applied to other institutions. But consumer groups worry the plan circumvents formal rulemaking.
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As the country wrestles economic volatility, millennial homeownership demand rises, fueled by historically low mortgage rates.
July 1 -
Mortgage insurers had been operating under the belief that rules pertaining to natural disaster delinquencies apply with COVID-19, but now it's in writing.
July 1 -
The nonprofit, formed with the encouragement of government agencies to address borrower hardships in 2007, uses a model that has been challenged by the current crisis.
July 1 -
The U.S. economy can escape another decadelong slog back to health if strong public measures or a vaccine curb virus surges, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said.
July 1 -
FHFA, HUD and Ginnie Mae should let the rate of prepayments on MBS dictate bond prices and market rates.
July 1
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The government agency's restrictions on issuer options for pooling loans go into effect immediately. Here's one thing it could mean for the secondary market.
July 1 -
In a letter to Director Mark Calabria, 17 organizations requested an additional 60 days to weigh in on the proposal meant to strengthen Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's balance sheets post-conservatorship.
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