U.S. employers added 235,000 jobs in August—considerably below July’s massive 1.05 million job gain—as the economy struggled to hold momentum amid rising Delta variant coronavirus cases, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
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Administration Announces Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply
The Biden Administration on Wednesday announced a number of steps aimed at creating, preserving and selling to homeowners and non-profits nearly 100,000 additional affordable homes for homeowners and renters over the next three years, with an emphasis on the lower and middle segments of the market.

July New Home Sales Post 1% Increase
New single‐family home sales posted a modest 1 percent increase in July amid more signs of a stabilizing housing market, HUD and the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.

Industry Briefs Aug. 23, 2021
Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., revised its full-year 2021 real GDP growth forecast modestly downward due in part to the expectation that COVID-related disruptions to consumer spending and supply chains will more greatly hinder economic activity in the second half of the year than previously forecast.

FHFA Raises Proposed 2022-2024 Housing Goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have new homework assignments from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which raise the stakes considerably for the government-sponsored enterprises’ 2022-2024 affordable housing goals.

July Housing Starts Fall 7%
July housing starts fell by 7 percent, the Census Bureau reported yesterday, a disappointing result as home builders continue to be hamstrung by pipeline and labor shortages.

FHFA Raises Proposed 2022-2024 Housing Goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have new homework assignments from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which raise the stakes considerably for the government-sponsored enterprises’ 2022-2024 affordable housing goals.

Industry Briefs Aug. 17, 2021
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released reports providing the results of the 2020 and 2021 annual stress tests Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Commercial/Multifamily Briefs from Reonomy, Fannie Mae
Data firm Reonomy, New York, expanded its Market Glance insights to 30 metropolitan statistical areas across Multifamily, Office, Retail, Industrial and Hospitality categories.

MBA: GSE Compensation Should be Sufficient to Attract Best Talent
The most important asset Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks have is their human capital, so their compensation must be sufficient to attract and retain top talent, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency Tuesday.