The impact of Hurricane Ian in the Southeast U.S. forced the share of mortgage loans in forbearance slightly upward in October, as an approximately 350,000 U.S. homeowners are now in forbearance plans.
Read More »Fannie Mae: Housing Market Downturn in 2023, Improvement in 2024
For the first time, Fannie Mae has released an outlook for 2024 which predicts a modest improvement over 2023, in which the market should bottom out during the second quarter.
Read More »Appraisal Modernization: Where We Are Now, What to Expect in 2023
Phil King of EXOS Valuations at ServiceLink discusses how technology has advanced the appraisal industry, and what lies ahead for the market in the next year.
Read More »Fannie Mae Securities to Feature New Social Disclosures
"We're excited to release the new social disclosures after receiving positive feedback on the proposal over the last several months," said Devang Doshi, SVP of Single-Family Capital Markets at Fannie Mae.
Read More »Analysis: GSE Report on Single-Family Guarantee Fees
Pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the FHFA has released its annual report on single-family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Read More »VA Loans Preferred Choice of Active-Duty Servicemembers
Nine out of 10 servicemembers surveyed intend to use a VA loan to finance housing after transitioning to civilian life.
Read More »Mortgage Defaults: What We Learned from 2007
Looking ahead, Ventera’s SVP of Financial Solutions publishes new white paper on the forecast for housing defaults.
Read More »GSE Income Falls YoY in Q3
With both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae reporting their Q3 financials, click through to read the details and get insights from each GSE’s CEO.
Read More »Consumers Report Continued Housing Market Pessimism
A new Fannie Mae report finds consumer confidence declining to the lowest level seen in the report’s 11-year history.
Read More »Ravi Shankar to Head Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Portfolio, Servicing
Industry vet returns to the GSE, responsible for portfolio management, servicing, and operations and technology for Freddie Mac.
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