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According to a Fitch Ratings report released Tuesday, risk of fraud and misrepresentation in mortgages has declined. Much of the mortgage fraud risk improvement is credited to legislative changes. National standards for non-depository loan officer licenses were introduced for the ...

Agency purchase loans became just a bit riskier in July 2015, climbing upward by 0.6 percentage points from the previous July and marking the seventh consecutive month with a year-over-year increase, according to data released by the American Enterprise Institute ...

The 2015 Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test process is viewed as more important than the actual results, in that it guides banks to understand capital and credit risk management within their respective institutions. Fitch Ratings examined the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test process ...

The nation's real gross domestic product exceeded expectations in the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis' second estimate for Q2 released Thursday, expanding at an annual rate of 3.7 percent—an increase from 2.3 percent growth reported in the advance estimate for Q2 last month. ...

While many experts have expressed doubt as to whether the Fed will raise rates in September following Monday's Dow Jones crash, a rate hike seems even less likely after an influential policy maker from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York weighed ...

New research conducted by Freddie Mac released Tuesday indicates that people living in single-family rental properties may be more likely to buy a home than those living in apartments. Freddie Mac's latest survey, conducted in June, found that about 55 percent of renters ...

The Dow Jones Index fell by 1,000 points on Monday morning and eventually closed at 588 points down. For many, the stock market's steep decline removed any doubt as to whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, which have been at ...

In just three years, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have transferred significant credit risk on loans totaling more than 667 billion dollars in unpaid principal balance, exceeding the goals set by their conservator, according to the FHFA's Overview of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit ...

Foreclosure inventory dropped to its lowest level since 2007 while the share of non-current residential mortgage loans also substantially declined and is near a post-crisis low, according to Black Knight Financial Services' First Look at Mortgage Data for July 2015 released today. The number ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has announced the adoption of a final rule establishing the housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for both single-family and multifamily housing for the years 2015 through 2017. The proposed housing goals rule for the GSEs was first issued ...