As the island of Puerto Rico looks at a long road to recovery more than a year after being hit by Hurricane Maria, leaders from the mortgage and servicing industry have come together to help in rebuilding this paradise.
Read More »An Update on GSE Conservatorship
A report gives insights into what has changed in the year since the first blueprint for restoring the safety and soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made the rounds.
Read More »Catastrophe in California
Wildfires continue to ravage California, engulfing acres in flames and destroying homes and lives. Here’s how the industry and government agencies are reaching out to homeowners impacted by this tragedy
Read More »An Eye on Foreclosure Prevention
Click through to learn more about the efforts undertaken by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help homeowners from losing their properties.
Read More »A Change of Order
As new members to the Congress get elected and old ones hold on to their constituencies, we look at how these mid-term results may impact the housing market.
Read More »MBS Trends Are Changing
A new report found that Ginnie Mae’s bank and thrift holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities pass-throughs fell for the first time in Q1 2018, then again in Q2. Here’s what this decline could mean for the MBS market.
Read More »Just How Much Credit Risk Are the GSEs Transferring?
An FHFA report crunched the numbers since the GSEs initiated their CRT programs in 2013, and here’s what it revealed.
Read More »Ten Years of Transformation
Freddie Mac reported strong and stable third-quarter earnings. Here are the factors that have driven the GSE’s growth during its decade under conservatorship.
Read More »Shifting Powers on Capitol Hill
The Mid-term elections are almost upon us and how America votes next week could determine the course of the housing market. Here’s what can change and what won’t.
Read More »Good News, Bad News – Replacing LIBOR
LIBOR, the index for setting loan rates for reverse and ARM mortgages, is to be replaced by 2021… so what comes next?
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