Lending industry groups like the Mortgage Bankers Association called fee based on borrower's debt-to-income ratio 'unworkable'
The Federal Housing Finance Agency says risk-based fee increases are aimed at ensuring the mortgage giants' safety and soundness, not to subsidize fee waivers for buyers of limited means
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's federal regulator will host Velocity TechSprint, a problem-solving challenge for product developers and data scientists in nation's capital July 10-13
Nineteen cities out of 20 tracked by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller Index posted monthly declines in January, with the biggest decreases seen in San Francisco, Seattle and San Diego
Industry groups continue to object to new Fannie and Freddie fee aimed at some riskier borrowers as a burden on lenders and middle-class consumers
Home price growth fell 5.8% annually in December, down from a 7.6% gain a month earlier, the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index shows. The FHFA also recorded a chill in appreciation
By one measure, the mortgage giants have built up two-thirds of the reserves needed for them to be released from government conservatorship
Premium cuts are expected to save borrowers $678M a year but don't apply to existing loans or release homeowners who have built up equity from 'life-of-loan' requirements
The Case-Schiller index posted a 7.7% annual gain in home prices — down from a 9.2% gain in October — while the FHFA index showed a 0.1% decline in prices between October and November
The mortgage giants' federal regulator eliminates upfront fees for first-time homebuyers of limited means, but some better-off borrowers will see increases starting May 1
The big run-up in home prices may have cooled, but the 2023 conforming loan limit will be increased by 12% to $726,200 in most parts of the country
The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Monday prevailed in expanding flood insurance choices for homebuyers with Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages
Sales expected to drop to lowest level since 2008, and the growing lock-in effect — the financial disincentive to sell — 'will remain in a way that has not occurred in over 40 years,' economists say
Regulators order mortgage giants to eliminate upfront fees on many purchase loans in order to help first-time homebuyers of limited means, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said Monday
Calling it a 'kickback scheme,' HomeOpenly owner Dmitry Shkipin told the FHFA to ban referral fees charged by online brokerages — including Zillow — that don't actually buy and sell property