HousingWire, Oct. 3, 2025-Sarah WolakIn an effort to nudge older homeowners to tap into their home equity, the reverse mortgage space is expanding beyond federally backed offerings as lenders develop …
Category: Top National News
Watch–Housing Check-in: Mortgage Rates Inch Higher for 2nd Week
Yahoo!Finance, Oct 2, 2025Mortgage rates ticked higher, though are overall lower than the last couple of years, offering some stability for the housing market. Mortgage Bankers Association chief economist Mike …
How Will the Government Shutdown Impact Mortgage Rates? Experts Weigh In.
Yahoo Finance, October 2, 2025-Hal Bundrick We’ve heard it before: Bad news for the economy can be good news for mortgage rates. With the government shutdown underway — along with …
Fannie Mae Predicts Major Mortgage Rate Change Coming Soon
The Street, Oct. 1, 2025-Jeffrey QuiggleAs the inflation rate grew in 2022, the Federal Reserve responded by hiking the federal funds rate to make borrowing more expensive and to slow …
7 U.S. Housing Markets That Are Seeing Home Prices Fall the Fastest
Business Insider, Oct. 2, 2025-Jennifer SorHouse hunters, we have some good news. Conditions shifted more in favor of buyers last month, as Americans looking to buy a home were greeted …
Fannie and Freddie Waive Some Loan Requirements Amid Shutdown
HousingWire, Oct. 1, 2025-Flávia Furlan NunesGovernment agencies and enterprises issued guidance on Wednesday for mortgage lenders and servicers during the current government shutdown, which affects federal employees, services, contractors, vendors …
How Will the Government Shutdown Affect People Applying for Mortgages?
CBS MoneyWatch, October 1-Mary Cunningham, Alain SherterAmericans worried that the U.S. government shutdown could derail their plans to take out a mortgage or refinance their home loan can breathe easy …
A Once Unstoppable Luxury Housing Market Is Starting to Crack
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 30, 2025-E.B. SolomontLuxury homeowners who kept buying and selling real estate even as the overall housing market contracted in recent years are slowing their roll.Click …
Jay Bray Now CEO of Rocket Mortgage as Rocket Closes $14.2B Mr. Cooper Acquisition
HousingWire, Oct. 1, 2025-Flávia Furlan NunesRocket Companies has completed all steps necessary to acquire Mr. Cooper Group for $14.2 billion, paying 51% more than the valuation announced in March, the …
What the Federal Government Shutdown Means for the Mortgage Industry
MPA, Oct. 1, 2025-Fergal McAlindenThe Senate has once again failed to break a grinding budget impasse, rejecting dueling Democratic and Republican measures to restore government funding. The collapse of both …