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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.

A new study confirms what many central Ohio home shoppers already suspect: Nowhere in the country do homes sell faster than in Columbus.

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.

As the country wrestles economic volatility, millennial homeownership demand rises, fueled by historically low mortgage rates.

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.

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.

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.

FHFA, HUD and Ginnie Mae should let the rate of prepayments on MBS dictate bond prices and market rates.

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.

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.

Mortgage application volume was down for the second consecutive week, this time by 1.8%, as a new record low for rates was not enough to overcome diminished demand, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Home prices rose in April despite record unemployment and widespread shut downs, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index.

Lenders and servicers' biggest pandemic challenges revolve around clarity for loan eligibility and understanding options for their borrowers once the forbearance period ends.

If the transaction does not go through, Genworth is looking at reviving a spin-out of its U.S. mortgage insurance business.

Columbus, Ohio, has nearly triple the number of properties at risk of flooding than are currently reflected on federal flood-plain maps, according to a new modeling tool.

Despite a statewide stay-at-home order, massive job losses and an uncertain economic outlook, home prices in the Seattle area zoomed up faster in April than any large metro in the country save Phoenix.

Multifamily borrowers with loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will get an extended break for coronavirus-related hardships if they continue to give their tenants relief as well.

The gap between Black and white homeownership rates is extremely wide in some areas, and it could get worse if the industry fails to proactively address local and national inequities.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance edged down slightly, with the growth rate dipping 1 basis point between June 15 and June 21, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The Supreme Court threw out a key statutory provision concerning the agency’s leadership structure, but the presidential election and possible legislative reforms could bring about more changes to the embattled bureau.