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Of the popular “Trump trades” this year, one hinging on privatization of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could be ...
Fannie Mae’s chief multifamily economist is leaving the government-sponsored agency amid a major reshuffling. Kim Betancourt, ...
Supreme Court decision on the legal standing of advocacy groups has caused confusion in a nearly seven-year-old fair-housing ...
The government-sponsored enterprise is retiring a technology platform used for loan workout reporting and giving mortgage ...
The title insurance industry, highly dependent on mortgage origination volume, recovered after watching volume fall 31% in ...
Another creative program uses the highest credit score of all borrowers as the basis for loan pricing. Normally, lenders use ...
Chicago-based mortgage technology firm Gateless has integrated its platform with Fannie Mae’s income calculator, the company ...
There’s a splendid saying about the definition of an economist being someone who “will know tomorrow why the things they ...
A rushed exit of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship risks higher mortgage rates and reduced housing ...
FHFA Director William Pulte recently appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss the state of the GSEs, and the flurry of ...
A growing disconnect between insurance market capacity and lender requirements is squeezing real estate borrowers and leaving ...
A majority of the distressed CMBS loans (58.6 percent, or $31 billion) have passed their maturity date. Of these, 16.6 ...