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The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out ...
Mortgage rates retreated this week, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 6.76 percent, compared to 6.81 percent the previous ...
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained elevated and national median sales prices hit unprecedented levels.
June, usually the height of the spring housing season, saw sales of existing homes drop from the previous month, according to ...
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates remained ...
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FMCC), widely known as Freddie Mac, is at the epicenter of burgeoning investor ...
Ackman supports restructuring GSEs' capital requirements, citing outdated rules. Treasury Secretary Bessent proposes reforms ...
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-backed companies that help with housing market affordability. They buy home loans from banks, bundle them into investments, and sell them to raise money.
A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO ...
Adding this competitor created by the big three credit bureaus likely means credit score prices will go up, not down.
Seventeen years after the 2008 bailout, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain under federal conservatorship, with a future that’s ...