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The FHFA and Treasury will allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hold more capital as part of the Trump administration's plans to release the companies from conservatorship. But it is unclear whether the incoming Biden administration will keep the mortgage giants on the same reform path.
January 14 -
The transaction finances the loan portion of a $989.5 million acquisition of warehouse and distribution properties located in nine states.
January 13 -
Changes in rules related to repayment options and refinancing criteria have complicated servicers’ lives, but otherwise this crisis hasn’t been as bad as that of 2008, a Fannie Mae survey finds.
January 13 -
Commercial real estate portfolios have held up better than expected during the pandemic. But rising delinquencies and fears of a delayed economic recovery are renewing questions about credit quality.
January 12 -
President-elect Joe Biden’s team has held preliminary talks on how it could oust Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator, a move that would let the new administration fill a post that’s crucial to the mortgage market and its goal of boosting affordable housing.
January 11 -
For some, including National MI and Essent, the improvement is taking place faster than expected.
January 11 -
The company is following in the footsteps of Michigan-based rivals Rocket Cos. and United Wholesale Mortgage.
January 8 -
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The estimates in the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest numbers were only marginally higher than the previous month, which may reflect more deliberate hiring and a preholiday slowdown.
January 8 -
A slowdown in the increase of loans exiting forbearance “implies that those who were able to absorb the shock of the pandemic and get back on their feet, may have already done so,” said Andy Walden, Black Knight economist.
January 8