Fannie Mae's Innovation Challenge 2022 will help the company seek innovative, scalable proposals to remove barriers that currently prevent many households, including Black households, from purchasing or renting a home.
Read More »The Hurdles Ahead
DS News speaks with representatives of Chase Home Lending, Fannie Mae, U.S. Bank, and more about last year’s victories and how they’re facing the recessionary economic challenges of 2023.
Read More »Homes Now Appreciating at Rate of 9%
A rise in mortgage rates over the past year and inflationary concerns have constrained the purchasing power of prospective buyers, resulting in home price declines of the past two quarters.
Read More »Fannie Mae: Housing Market May Be More Vulnerable Than Projected
With home sales having dropped sharply this past year, Fannie Mae experts discuss the impact of lowering mortgage rates and what factors drove purchase demand to increase. Here’s why the housing market is now "in a different phase of the economic and housing cycle.”
Read More »Fannie Mae Survey: Housing Sentiment Remains Low
Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae’s SVP and Chief Economist, noted that “respondents continue to cite high home prices and unfavorable mortgage rates as the primary reasons for their pessimism.”
Read More »FHFA Releases 2023 Scorecard for GSEs, Common Securitization Solutions
The 2023 Scorecard builds on the progress made by the GSEs in 2022 to strengthen capital position while advancing equitable and sustainable access to homeownership and rental housing nationwide.
Read More »Fannie Mae Announces Replacement Rates for Legacy LIBOR Products
In establishing replacement rates for legacy LIBOR products, Fannie Mae has reached a key milestone necessary to prepare the mortgage marketplace for the end of LIBOR.
Read More »GSEs Issue Report on Non-Performing Loans
The FHFA reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sold 155,034 non-performing loans with a total unpaid principal balance of $28.7 billion from the program’s inception in 2014 through June 30, 2022.
Read More »FHFA Publishes Q3 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report
According to the FHFA’s Q3 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, the Enterprises completed 69,362 foreclosure prevention actions within the quarter, helping troubled homeowners nationwide to stay in their homes.
Read More »Fannie Mae: Markets May Not Recover Until 2024
The GSE’s Economic & Strategic Research Group predicts the economy will experience recessionary conditions starting during the first quarter of 2023. Here’s what else their latest forecast suggests.
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