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Federal Reserve officials have hammered home the importance of bank readiness to borrow from the discount window. Getting banks to actually do so may require the Fed to make structural improvements to the system.

A greater number of refinances, particularly in the government market, led overall volumes higher, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

The lender and servicer is still in the red but trimmed its expenses, and overall losses, significantly in 2023.

The Mortgage Bankers Association would like Fannie Mae to move toward the fee-based structure Freddie is testing.

Regardless of the effect housing prices have on ballot decisions, almost two-thirds of respondents indicate that current economic trends left them feeling negative about the economy, Redfin said.

The head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Biden Administration said she will transition from public life starting March 22.

Also, Freddie Mac boosts single-family seller engagement team, Carrington names new CEO and Corelogic ads executive in real estate solutions.

Here's how the former regulator thinks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could exit conservatorship and where he sees the residential market headed this year and next.

The move follows Freddie Mac's expanded use of bank account data and brings to full fruition an effort both enterprises have been engaged in since 2017.

During a contentious exchange on his second day of congressional testimony this week, the Federal Reserve chair drew a line between the central bank's response to last year's bank failures and its current capital proposal.