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While overall national consumer credit default has hit its lowest levels in 10 years, the first mortgage default rate continues to decline, according to the July 2014 S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices released on Tuesday. The first mortgage default rate slipped to ...

A second quarter broad-based rebound combined with some revisions in the first quarter economic activity has given a boost to 2014 full-year economic expectations, according to the August 2014 Economic Outlook put together by Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research ...

As the Federal Housing Finance Agency mulls over a proposed increase in fees charged by the GSEs to provide guarantees on mortgage-backed securities, a new report from the Urban Institute suggests the agency faces a difficult task. The team at UI determined there are ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it plans to continue selling its shares of common stock in Ally Financial, which will further reduce the government's stake in the Detroit-based auto lender and recover more TARP investment funds for taxpayers. Treasury now holds 75 million ...

Foreclosure activity on U.S. housing units showed a 2 percent increase in July from the previous month but was still down 16 percent from the same month last year, according to RealtyTrac's July 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report released today. The ...

The Kroll Bond Rating Agency recently released a study saying it does not believe there will be any GSE reform for the housing finance market until at least 2016 and that lenders and investors should operate as if they do ...

Less than two years after being confirmed as the head of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Commissioner Carol Galante is

As the U.S housing market continues to recover, a third of all counties in the United States are less affordable now than they have been in the past 100 years, according to a study published by RealtyTrac. The firm's latest housing affordability ...

The U.S. government is set to see another $5.6 billion from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as both GSEs continue to post solid earnings. Both companies released on Thursday their earnings reports for the second quarter, reporting subdued profits compared to recent quarters as ...

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced that they had completed the review of the second round of resolution plans submitted by 11 large banks. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...