A new study compiled by a financial researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has determined that mortgage fraud was far more prevalent than previously known during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The study by John Griffin, a finance professor ...

The Los Angeles-based real estate fund SoLa Impact has rolled out the Black Impact Fund, a $1 billion initiative focused on communities of color with major urban markets. The new fund consists of a $500 million Opportunity Zone Fund and ...

While a home insurance policy is a must-have for any residential property owner, more than a few homeowners lack a proper understanding of what their policies cover. According to a new published nationwide survey by Plymouth Rock Home Assurance that ...

The latest monthly volume report from Freddie Mac found a growing mortgage portfolio and a declining level of single-family delinquencies. Freddie Mac reported that its entire mortgage portfolio totaled $137.2 billion in October, an annualized rate of 25.7%. One year ...

The total number of loans in forbearance took a slight uptick in the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Forbearance and Call Volume Survey. As of Nov. 15, loans in forbearance accounted for 5.48% of servicers’ portfolio volume, ...

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman last week suggested revisiting the regulatory framework that defines how nonbank mortgage lenders operate. Speaking via webcast to the 2020 Financial Stability Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Office of ...

The seeming disconnect between the economic tumult created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the record-high levels for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index can be explained when held up against the performance of the mortgage market, ...

The forbearance rate during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic was roughly identical to the rate recorded during the devastating 2017 hurricane season that ravaged regions throughout the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast, according to new research published by ...

The historic wildfire season that left thousands of homes destroyed and millions of acres burned in the western states is likely to be reprised in the coming years with increased levels of wildfire destruction, according to a new study released ...

The near-future state of the U.S. economy is predicated on how policymakers and the public respond to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, according to the latest commentary from the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The ESR ...