Category: News and Trends

Yes, 10 years after the housing crisis, we are still talking about the recovery. And how uneven it has been.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily lending caps will hold steady at $35 billion in 2019, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced yesterday.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have transferred nearly $2.5 trillion of credit risk to the private market since 2013.

By one measure, Huntsville, Ala., is the real estate-owned capital of the country.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities loan delinquency rate reversed its consistent improvement in October, moving one basis point higher to 3.42 percent, reported Trepp, New York.

The Census Bureau yesterday reported the U.S. homeownership rate rose slightly in the third quarter, to 64.4 percent, from 64.3 percent in the second quarter and from 63.9 percent a year ago.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency yesterday proposed amendments to existing regulations for Federal Home Loan Bank housing goals.

If history is any indicator, the Carolinas and the Florida Panhandle can expect to see loan defect spikes in the coming months, said First American Financial Corp., Santa Ana, Calif.

As the Federal Communications Commission grapples with protecting consumers from intrusive cold calls and fax-spamming, the Mortgage Bankers Association urged the Commission to promulgate “appropriate” regulations under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Black Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., said seasonal and hurricane-related events this summer pushed mortgage delinquencies to their highest single-month rate in nearly a decade.