Government

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters has been a staunch voice advocating on behalf of, in her words, "current homeowners, renters, potential owners, and more than 19 million prospective millennial homeowners." To that end, Waters Friday ...

FHFA Wednesday announced the fourth extension of its foreclosure and eviction moratorium through "at least" January 31. This extension will continue the moratorium on single-family foreclosures and real estate owned (REO) evictions until at least January 31, 2021, according to ...

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced higher loan limits for 2021. The guidelines apply to the administration's Single Family Title II forward and Home Equity Conversion (reverse) Mortgage insurance programs. The rise in loan limits correlates with nationwide home price appreciation ...

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 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet Tuesday, December 1 in open-session, hybrid format, to conduct a hearing entitled "The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress." Content from the last such quarterly report is documented in this ...

Owning a home is a tool for building wealth and stability, but a report from researchers at the Urban Institute indicates that is less applicable to people of color. Not only do Black Americans face more barriers to homeownership, but ...

President-Elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as his Treasury Secretary, several news outlets report, and the Associated Press has confirmed, through an unnamed source. Yellen would be the first woman to head the U.S. Treasury—and ...

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 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a final rule to the Federal Register for publication today that establishes a new regulatory capital framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, also known as the Enterprises. The final rule makes changes ...

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 ...