Mortgages

The announcement Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt agreed to let Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each build a $3 billion capital buffer avoided a potential crisis.

The tax reform bill Congress sent to President Trump's desk this week is likely to prompt at least a short-term spike in mortgage rates.

The Great Recession, the most painful downturn since the Great Depression, destroyed more than 248,000 jobs in metro Atlanta — about one of every 10 — and led to a quarter-million foreclosures.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be allowed to build capital buffers to protect against losses under an agreement between the Treasury Department and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced on Thursday.

In a sign that the Bay Area's housing shortage has reached new heights, even having a boatload of cash now may not be enough to land your dream home.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a $100 million-plus investment by the city in affordable-housing projects, including nine new apartment buildings and 26 homes for first-time buyers.

For decades, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped working-class Americans get mortgages. That essential and powerful role in the national economy is fading.

The government-sponsored enterprises are at the heart of our housing finance problems, not the solutions.

Two affordable housing developers received millions in subsidies and tax credits from Massachusetts to add 135 units of affordable housing in Eastham and Yarmouth.

Updated dynamic and interactive versions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's redesigned Uniform Residential Loan Application are out.

Sales of previously owned homes rose in November to an almost 11-year high, indicating demand picked up momentum heading into the end of the year.

As it rolls toward another potential record year, the Central Texas housing market remained on solid footing in November, with sales volume and the median home sale price both higher than a year ago.

The share of new refinance mortgage applications reached its highest point since December 2016, but overall activity fell compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A Stratford, Conn., man faces up to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud, according to the Department of Justice.

Here's a look at the 11 housing markets where the share of entry-level homes for sale is greater than the share of first time home buyer shoppers.

Top officials at the Internal Revenue Service met with mortgage industry groups this week to discuss possible fixes to the agency’s verification system, which lenders rely on to process mortgage loans.

Residential and commercial property tax delinquencies are slightly higher in the Northeast and South than in the Midwest and West, but improving economic conditions are keeping the national delinquency rate in check.

Hurricane Irma's price tag in federal disaster assistance now totals $1.95 billion in Florida, including $39 million on the Treasure Coast, according to federal reports.

New Jersey's home values in some markets could take a 10% hit under the tax overhaul nearing a vote in Congress, according to a new report.

Underwriting purchase loans is inherently more precarious for mortgage lenders and that contributed to the year-over-year increase in risk in new originations during the third quarter, CoreLogic said.