Both companies benefited from rising home prices and a resurgence in refinancings prompted by falling mortgage rates, which have come down from 2021 peaks seen…
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Forbearance programs that allowed homeowners with government-backed mortgages to put their monthly payments on hold during the pandemic will come to an abrupt end in…
Mortgage lenders tightened underwriting standards in June, undoing much of the easing seen over the last six months as initial fears about the long-term impacts…
Homeowners looking to refinance their mortgages could have an easier time getting a lower rate, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator eliminating a…
While most mortgage executives continue to see direct-to-consumer lenders like Rocket Mortgage as their biggest competition, mortgage brokers are seen as an increasingly worthy rival. …
Lenders can use borrower’s actual monthly student loan payment when calculating their overall debt burden. Source: Inman News
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator will soon have a new director, after a Supreme Court ruling that expands the president’s power to remove…
Markets concur with the view that inflation increases are temporary, according to a Freddie Mac economist. Source: Inman News
As listing shortages and supply constraints on homebuilders drive up prices, risk of inflation grows, economists with Fannie Mae said. Source: Inman News