MBA Newslinks Archive

FHFA Increases 2020 Maximum Conforming Loan Limits to $510,400

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today announced maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages to be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020, with the 2020 maximum conforming loan limit for one-unit properties rising to $510,400 from $484,350.

Risky Mortgage Bonds Return as Delinquencies Pile Up

The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with some of the same high-risk characteristics is starting to take off. Bloomberg’s Claire Boston reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.”