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Trump has yet to decide when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will return to the market in an IPO that regulator Bill Pulte says could top $1 trillion.
August 21 -
Two Harbors' agreement with Pine River resolves a case over wrongful termination that the REIT was already found liable for by a federal court.
August 21 -
The 30-year fixed rate mortgage ended the week unchanged as the 10-year Treasury ended Wednesday about 5 basis points higher than seven days before.
August 21 -
The giant lender and servicer which acquired Home Point Capital in 2023 did not say whether it would still pursue damages in the repurchase dispute.
August 21 -
Researchers at the Philadelphia Fed, in a 2023 report, examined the prevalence of "fraudulent investors" in the mortgage market. Their data set covered 584,499 loans issued between 2005 and 2017, of which 22,431 were deemed fraudulent.
August 20 -
The Federal Open Market Committee member is the third Democrat the Trump administration has accused of committing occupancy fraud.
August 20 -
The American Land Title Association has created two policy endorsements and updated its best practices to combat seller-impersonation fraud.
August 20 -
The department will seek to make its oft-criticized platform more user-friendly through a contract with Phoenixteam, aligning it to industry-peer standards.
August 20 -
The clip promotes Trump's "Great American Mortgage Corp." branding, linking it to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as in his earlier stock-offering post.
August 20 -
FHFA Director Bill Pulte, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, wrote a letter to Bondi and DOJ official Ed Martin on Aug. 15 suggesting that Cook may have committed a criminal offense.
August 20 -
US mortgage rates dropped last week by the most since February, enticing homeowners to step up refinancing.
August 20 -
Say goodbye to Fannie Mae form 1004 and various addendum as lenders and appraisers have to get ready to work with the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report.
August 20 -
New residential construction increased 5.2% last month to an annualized rate of 1.43 million homes, according to government figures released Tuesday.
August 19 -
Home Depot Inc. sales returned to growth in the second quarter as shoppers invested in smaller projects, such as lighting and gardening.
August 19 -
Fannie Mae economists toned down their housing and economic outlook in August, predicting fewer home sales and less mortgage origination volume versus July.
August 19 -
Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman warned that focusing too much on technology risks could make banks lose relevance with customers.
August 19 -
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., asked crypto firms to keep spending in elections, and said that they "literally" put Bernie Moreno, Sherrod Brown's successor in Ohio, in the Senate.
August 19 -
Nonbank lenders saw production income surge, returning to the black for the first time in three quarters, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
August 19 -
Borrowers affected by the blazes are also reeling from homeowners insurance woes, contractor shortages and inflation making rebuilding difficult.
August 19 -
Blockchain-based credit company Figure Technology Solutions Inc. filed publicly for an initial public offering, joining the rush of crypto-related firms entering the market.
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