Mortgages

The court struck down a 2015 update to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which permitted robocalls to cellphones for government-related debt collection.

Guarantee fees became the main source of revenue for government-sponsored enterprises during conservatorship, and reverting to a private stockholder model could create a need for more revenue.

The $38.7 billion of equity withdrawn during the period was down 8% from the fourth quarter.

While the multifamily loan forbearance rate is lower than the most pessimistic projections, Pat Jackson says borrowers are hardly out of the woods yet.

By providing flexibility for property tax payments localities can help keep local businesses going and maintain their tax base for the future.

The number of Southern California homes put into escrow rose for the 10th consecutive week, as the market recovers from the coronavirus economic shock.

Homebuyers in metro Denver made up for lost time in June, closing on 5,581 homes and condos and putting another 7,676 under contract, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

U.K. house prices posted their first annual decline since 2012 in June as the coronavirus continued to hang over the property market, according to Nationwide Building Society.

Napa County home sales sank like a rock this May, dropping 54% compared to one year ago, the California Association of Realtors reported.

The notice of proposed rulemaking was mandated by the Dodd-Frank regulatory relief act passed in 2018.

A bevy of housing advocates spoke against President Trump's threat to remove the Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Rule, a regulation that aims to end racial segregation.

The mortgage insurer is receiving $528 million of coverage in the event of defaults in a $44 billion loan pool.

While the new employment numbers bode well for housing and loan performance in the short term, concerns abound regarding how the unemployment rate and furloughs could affect prospects for the business later.

Legal experts say it is now more likely that the Supreme Court will strike down the single-director governance framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending July 3.

The coronavirus pandemic and economic shutdown have created in the Syracuse, N.Y., area the hottest housing market in recent history, agents say.

Manhattan home sales plunged the most on record in the second quarter, while New York was shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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.

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