But an overall weakening labor market could include a silver lining for real estate as it puts downward pressure on mortgage rates
Rocket hopes the $9.4B deal will help it capture 20% of all mortgage refinancing and wrest back its title as the nation's biggest mortgage lender from rival United Wholesale Mortgage
Democratic senators asked federal regulator Bill Pulte on Aug. 29 to pause any efforts to reprivatize Fannie and Freddie and study potential impact on mortgage rates
Survey shows most Americans are concerned that privatizing the mortgage giants might lead to higher mortgage rates, with Democrats and independents most likely to be worried
A green light from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and antitrust regulators sets the stage for a Sept. 3 vote by Mr. Cooper shareholders on $9.4B mega merger
Mortgage giants should continue to operate as separate companies and be regulated like utilities with a cap on excessive fees and prohibitions on backing risky loans, industry group maintains
'Wall Street Journal' editorial calls Pulte's criminal referral of Federal Reserve governor 'an ominous turn in political lawfare' and warns that 'weaponizing' Fannie and Freddie's federal regulator 'won’t build confidence in America’s institutions or markets'
If your listing has been sitting on the market for too long, trainer Bernice Ross shares 5 elements of a successful strategy to get it sold
Rocket Mortgage and UWM are counting on AI to help them scale their businesses as mortgage rates fall. Executives at small- and mid-size lenders say they don't want to be left behind
Homeowners rushed to refinance last week, and lender data shows homebuyer demand for purchase loans is up 17 percent from a year ago with Federal Reserve rate cuts on deck
Mortgage technology startup leveraging integrations with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and ICE Mortgage Technology to grow its stable of clients -- which now include NEXA Mortgage.
Impact on rates depends on the structure of rumored IPO. Whatever the plan, the Trump administration has stacked the boards at the mortgage giants with its supporters
Consumer group claims FHFA's plan to pit VantageScore 4.0 against older FICO Classic score on Fannie, Freddie loans will make 'anti-competitive natures of the credit scoring market even worse'
Mortgage rates have stabilized and more inventory is coming online, but applications for purchase loans fell by a seasonally adjusted 6% last week compared to the week before
Economists at Fannie Mae and the Mortgage Bankers Association differ on how much room mortgage rates have to come down and how fast home price appreciation will cool