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Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco will not allow principal reduction on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
"Given our multiple responsibilities to conserve the assets of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, maximize...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco will not allow principal reduction on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
"Given our multiple responsibilities to conserve the assets of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, maximize...
Roughly 75% of underwater mortgages securitized into private-label bonds could be eligible for a refinance under the new plan from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase...
Roughly 75% of underwater mortgages securitized into private-label bonds could be eligible for a refinance under the new plan from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., according to analysts at JPMorgan Chase...
Multifamily mortgage originations helped commercial/multifamily origination volumes grow 25% in the second quarter from the year-ago period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s quarterly survey. It also showed that second-quarter volumes expanded 39% from the first...
The U.S. ended the month of June with 60,000 completed foreclosures, a 24% drop from year ago levels when 80,000 foreclosures were reported for the same month, according to a report from mortgage data analytics firm CoreLogic...
Average home prices grew by 2.2% from April to May, according to the latest Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report.
The 2.2% price increase is tied to both the 10- and 20-city composite indices studied by S&P.
"The 10- and 20-city...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will consider an exemption for a Dodd-Frank Act rule prohibiting mortgage loan officers from being paid by both the borrower and the brokerage firm.
The Federal Reserve rule ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will consider an exemption for a Dodd-Frank Act rule prohibiting mortgage loan officers from being paid by both the borrower and the brokerage firm.
The Federal Reserve rule ...
Post Properties, Inc. ($52.22 0.52%) reported second-quarter net income of $20.2 million, 37 cents a share, up from $8.8 million, or 17 cents a...
Registration took affect Monday afternoon for the Royal Bank of Canada ($62.17 1.58%) to issue covered bonds backed by mortgages to U.S....
The majority of the consumer complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during its first 11 months in existence relate to mortgage debt, the CFPB said in its semi-annual report to Congress.
CFPB data shows the...
The majority of the consumer complaints filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during its first 11 months in existence relate to mortgage debt, the CFPB said in its semi-annual report to Congress.
CFPB data shows the...
Despite a flurry of reports and articles about home prices stabilizing or slightly increasing, only a third of mortgage bond investors interviewed by JPMorgan Securities ($53.02...
A look at stories across HousingWire's weekend desk, with more coverage to come on bigger issues:
Countrywide is transferring mortgages to special servicers on certain deals in line with the servicing part of a proposed $8.5 billion residential mortgage-backed securities...