Many experts say privatizing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could significantly alter the mortgage market. Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

"While we still see signs of resilience in the labor market, the higher mortgage ... vice president and chief economist The Mortgage Bankers Association predicts in its Mortgage Finance Forecast ...

Two mortgage giants essential to the U.S. housing market could be released from the government into the private sector. What ...

Analysts revised their expectations for 2025 and 2026 to include higher mortgage rates, delivering bad news to aspiring homebuyers.

The government-sponsored enterprises were not meant to remain in conservatorship permanently, but privatizing them once again must include a new set of rules that minimize market disruptions and ...

The Indian banking sector remains stable and well-capitalized, but rising stress in unsecured loans and global market volatility pose emerging risks, according to the Economic Survey 2025.

The National Association of Realtors expects rates ... a government-sponsored entity that provides liquidity to the home loan market, looks for a maximum total DTI ratio of 36% of "the borrower ...

according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less ...

Fintel reports that on January 27, 2025, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded their outlook for Federal National Mortgage Association - Preferred Stock (OTCPK:FNMAG) from Market Perform to Underperform.

Australian borrower activities boosted the AUD volume by 20.3 billion as the loans were largely raised within the domestic market. Technology companies borrowed some of the most notable ...

Americans sold 4.06 million previously owned homes in the year, the lowest since 1995, the National Association ... supply. Mortgage rates still high at the start of 2025 The housing market ...