Rents are down slightly year-over-year in the top 25 rental markets, but are still elevated in many metros.

One civil rights leader has fired back at a letter written to FHFA Director Mel Watt by five influential industry organizations earlier this week asking Watt to let Congress handle housing finance reform.

The two Democrats have been in touch throughout the primary season and are planning to discuss tougher regulations for Wall Street.

The Federal Reserve is about to let the industry know just how well-capitalized the largest bank holding institutions are. What are this year's stress tests going to involve?

There is a straightforward solution to preventing volatility in the market resulting from relying too heavily on the GSEs' risk transfer programs to ease the risk to taxpayers, according to one analyst.

A group of influential industry organizations petitioned FHFA Director Mel Watt opposing the approach that many lawmakers, housing advocates, and civil rights groups have called for recently.

Why are homeowners over the age of 55 in a position to greatly influence where the housing market goes over the next decade?

With the first 21 offerings, Freddie Mac’s STACR issuances to date covered 29.38 percent of the agency’s total book of business.

A couple of major proposals have emerged in the last month to reform the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and some recent incidents indicate that the industry may be ready for a change.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) posed a question to his committee at a hearing on banking regulation and liquidity.