FHA was praised last year for making changes to its HECM program that helped non-borrowing spouses avoid foreclosure. What further changes did the FHA propose to help seniors sustain their HECM loans?
Read More »Housing Forecasts Stay Calm Through Economic Storm
With both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac downwardly revising their projected economic growth for the full year of 2016, what do they expect for housing?
Read More »The Catch-22 Facing Young Homebuyers
More than 60 percent of millennials associate the American Dream with homeownership. So why do so few of them plan to buy a home?
Read More »Third Circuit Court Hands U.S. Bank a Victory
Why did a federal appellate court rule in favor of U.S. Bank in a case where a homeowner was trying to get his foreclosure dismissed?
Read More »Servicer Amps Up Principal Reduction Outreach
Only about 1 percent of underwater homeowners will qualify for the FHFA's Principal Reduction Modification Program. But at least one servicer is determined to find those borrowers.
Read More »Regulations Tend to Rise No Matter Who is President
The perception among Republicans is that the financial industry, and the country in general, have been overregulated under President Obama. But the president's political party might not be as much of a factor as some think.
Read More »Freddie Mac Keeps Making Taxpayers’ Load Lighter
While the conservatorships continue, so do the Enterprise’s initiatives to ease the risk for taxpayers by further involving investors in the private capital market.
Read More »Just How Far Has the Economy Fallen in a Month?
Why do economists seem to be less optimistic about the U.S. economy in May than they were just a month ago?
Read More »Center-Right Coalition Urges GSE Reform
Most everyone agrees that the conservatorships need to end, but cannot agree on how. What did a conservative coalition propose as the solution?
Read More »The Effect of Compliance Costs on Households
Why are government regulations "pricing out" 14 million Americans from the housing market?
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