Supply constraints continue to prevent a sizzling housing market from turning white-hot, with April housing starts falling by nearly 10 percent, HUD and the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.
Tag: Fannie Mae
Dealmaker: Greystone Closes $142M in Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Loans
Greystone, New York, closed $142 million in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae loans for multifamily assets in North Carolina and Maryland.
Industry Briefs May 13, 2021
DiversityInc announced its annual list of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity, which serves as a benchmark of how the largest employers in U.S. are doing when it comes to hiring.
#MBANAC21: Senators Outline Housing Priorities
Three members of the Senate Banking Committee visited the Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Advocacy Conference to talk about renewed interest in housing priorities in the 117th Congress.
April Jobs Numbers Come in Well Below Consensus
In the days ahead of last Friday’s employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, prognosticators went big, with consensus anticipating nearly one million new April jobs and even one economist confidently predicting 2.1 million new jobs. Alas, nearly everyone was wrong.
Industry Briefs May 7, 2021
Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., and Fannie Mae announced new refinancing options aimed at helping lower-income homeowners.
FHFA Publishes Final Rule on GSE ‘Living Wills’
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Monday published a final rule that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to develop credible resolution plans, also known as “living wills.”
FHFA Announces New Refi Option for Low-Income Borrowers with GSE-Backed Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Wednesday announced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will implement a new refinance option for low-income borrowers with government-sponsored enterprise-backed single-family mortgages.
Industry Briefs Apr. 27, 2021
Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., said full-year 2021 real GDP growth expectations improved to 6.8 percent, including 9.1 percent annualized growth in the second quarter, due primarily to the continued easing of virus-related social restrictions and stimulus-driven consumer spending.
March New Home Sales Roar
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, the saying goes, but it evidently doesn’t apply to new home sales.