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Join us October 25 for a FREE virtual recap of HousingWire Annual 2021!
See a handpicked selection of sessions ranging from expanding homeownership, Q&A’s with industry leaders, cybersecurity, tech demos and more! Secure your spot today:
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Trending Thursday: More research questions why Treasury snatched Fannie Mae
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Fannie Mae's Chief Economist puts an end to the recession rumors. The U.S. housing market will be an "engine of growth" for the economy in 2020, he says.
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Unsealed documents reveal real reason for Fannie, Freddie profit sweep
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FHFA rescinds controversial DTI LLPA
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Fannie and Freddie regain capital reserves; withhold billions from Treasury
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Homebuyers are flooding into real estate as yet another index points to a strong housing market, and very healthy economy.
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Millennials will purchase at least 10 million new homes in the next 10 years
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Mortgage rates poised to drop to 5.5% in 2024: Bloomberg: Most economists forecast mortgage rates to decline in 2024, stoking optimism about the housing market
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Is GSE reform just weeks away?
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In a 17-page paper titled “GSE Reform: None or Mostly Done?” Layton reveals a conversation he had a few months ago in a meeting with an unnamed senior official in the Department of the Treasury who told him: “GSE reform has already mostly happened.”
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Tuesday’s new home sales report shows only 511,000 new homes sold. This is below the recession levels of 2000 and back to 1996 levels.
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Community bankers: GSE reform should keep what works and just fix the problems
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The FHFA on Tuesday declared that Common Securitization Solutions will solely focus on issuing mortgage-backed securities for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and won’t charter new potential competitors.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a Senate committee in testimony on Tuesday he wants to reach an agreement quickly with the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Fannie and Freddie make more money per employee than almost any other company
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J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley will guide the GSEs as they end conservatorship.
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Mnuchin: Housing finance reform still a priority for Trump administration
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac suspend foreclosures and evictions in wake of Hurricane Harvey
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GSE reform guidance from
@ICBA
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Agency wants GSEs to develop a plan to safely unwind from conservatorship.
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Small lenders to Congress: Here’s the GSE reform we don’t want to see
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FHFA will not defend its constitutionality in court
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BREAKING: FHFA announced Monday that is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ease their standards for both property appraisals and verification of employment.
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Credit unions, community banks want Fannie and Freddie to retain capital
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End of conservatorship? Trump administration proposes privatizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Data from showed that Millennials were responsible for more new mortgages in 2018 than any another generation.
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Pending home sales rise by 1.5% thanks to the nation's low mortgage rates.
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to address Senate Banking Committee on GSE reform
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Opendoor reported losing $662 million in 2021. The company also told investors on Tuesday that it has $5.7 billion in unsold real estate inventory.
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Fox reports Fannie, Freddie IPO could come in 2020: FHFA Mark Calabria
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Fannie, Freddie shareholders awarded $612M
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BREAKING: FHFA delays refinance fee start date to Dec. 1, excludes loans under $125,000.
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Factom releases new solutions that leverage blockchain technology
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Trump signs executive order to tackle lack of affordable housing
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Trump officially calls for end to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conservatorship
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With word circulating that a plan for GSE reform is imminent, Fitch Ratings Agency released a review of what might happen to the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac upon the release of the Treasury Department’s anticipated roadmap.
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Who are the most influential mortgage and real estate professionals on Twitter? Reply with your suggestions. Self nominations are great, as long as someone else "Likes"!
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House committee considers bill to open records at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Trump administration is on the verge of releasing plans for housing finance reform
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Cheap financing is pushing mortgage lending to the highest level in 13 years.
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BREAKING: Bank of America will allow borrowers to pause their mortgage payments
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House bill would incentivize home selling in effort to boost supply
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Top housing groups push Trump administration, Congress to enact permanent GSE reform
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[WATCH] HUD Secretary Ben Carson calls for Fannie and Freddie to be taken out of conservatorship
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WSJ: Trump administration set to release plan on Fannie, Freddie privatization
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Freddie Mac: Drop in interest rates drives mortgage demand to highest level since 2016
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Steve Harney, founder of Keeping Current Matters, has died: Harney was a top-producing agent and successful broker before starting Keeping Current Matters in 2007.
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Here are 5 reasons the Millennial homeownership rate is low
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Former Freddie Mac CEO says GSEs should be regulated like utilities
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Mortgage rates should drop below 7% as housing demand picks up: Mortgage rates almost fell below 7%, the 10-year yield is below 4.25% again, and people are seriously talking about Fed rate cuts in 2024.
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Mortgage rates likely will stay below 4% through 2020, Frank Nothaft says.
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World’s biggest banks accused of price-fixing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bonds
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In this episode,
@ClaytonACollins
is joined by
@JBREC
's
@RickPalaciosJr
to discuss the findings of their most recent Home Builder Survey, the economic headwinds that prospective buyers are facing and how the market is faring on the construction side.
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BREAKING: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conforming loan limits increase for 2021. Most counties increase by 7.5%.
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Proposal would allow Freddie Mac to acquire closed-end second mortgages: FHFA says that Freddie Mac wants to offer homeowners an equity-tapping option that avoids debt and surrendering a favorable mortgage rate.
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Houlihan Lokey Capital will create "roadmap" for GSEs to exit conservatorship, Calabria says.
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Why is housing inventory growing with higher mortgage rates?: Housing inventory is growing amid higher mortgage rates. Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami explains why this matters as we head into spring.
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BREAKING: Mortgage rates fall to another all-time low. 30-year fixed loan now 5 basis points below the original record set in September.
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New York foreclosure firm accused of cheating Fannie Mae out of millions
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Mark Calabria takes over as FHFA director, begins push for housing finance reform
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Existing home sales fell 23% in April
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BREAKING: UWM announces 1.99% rate. It's the first widely available 30-year fixed-rate mortgage product offering a rate in the 1's.
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BREAKING: HUD declares FHA once again backing DACA mortgages.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling against CFPB structure also puts Calabria’s FHFA job on the line. Justices adopt “at will” provision, letting presidents fire heads of single-director agencies.
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Judge orders massive release of Fannie, Freddie conservatorship docs
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates hit 10-month low
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Fox News: FHFA interviewing Wall Street investment banks to handle the offering
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listed smart technology, energy-efficient appliances, USB outlets and garage outlets as items that attract the Millennial buyer, the biggest buying generation.
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NAR runs out of liability insurance coverage: Sources: NAR has run out of liability insurance coverage, leaving state and local associations on the hook for millions of dollars in legal fees.
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Even as interest rates pass 4%, housing, on a purchasing-power adjusted basis, continues to be more affordable than in the early 1990s
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The Fed was wrong about jobs and inflation: The Fed has much to answer for after their massive rate hikes and quantitative tightening policy, which disproportionally affected housing.
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[Counterpoint] Here's how small lenders can support GSE reform
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The end of Fannie, Freddie conservatorship? Trump reportedly picking Mark Calabria to lead FHFA
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BREAKING:All-time lows: The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 2.88% this week and the average 15-year rate is 2.44%.
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US housing market is now worth a record $52 trillion: Zillow
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Slowing single-family rental prices are approaching pre-pandemic levels
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Nationally, 3.6% of mortgages remained in some stage of delinquency, meaning 30 days or more past due, including homes in foreclosure. That's down from 4.2% in May 2018.
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Fannie Mae optimistic that mortgage rates will dip below 6% by year-end: Lower rate environment will boost refi volume, help thaw the existing home sales market: Fannie Mae
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Housing industry pleads with Biden administration to narrow the mortgage spread: The Biden administration should be buying mortgage-backed securities, housing trade groups say. Doing so, they claim, "would not undermine the overall impact of the Fed's…
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U.S. home sales are projected to climb to 6.2 million in 2020.
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Wells Fargo reveals software error led to hundreds of faulty foreclosures
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Sales will fall 1.8% as inventory reaches historic lows, says.
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Ginnie Mae is set to introduce a new 40-year mortgage term for its issuers on the heels of administrative shake ups at the top of the housing industry.
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Wells Fargo pays $3.25 billion in Q4 for mortgage regulatory investigations, sales practices
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