An employee is accusing the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Mel Watt, age 72, of repeatedly sexually harassing her during discussions about...

Millions in home mortgages may be on the line as the Federal Housing Finance Agency debates whether to accept a new credit scoring system...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two dominant mortgage giants, will get to keep $3 billion in capital in an agreement reached by...

Mel Watt, the head of the federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, said he plans to stay on in his role even...

You probably know that your credit score is a crucial factor in your ability to qualify for a mortgage. You might also know that...

In a boost to highly leveraged homeowners, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extended a mortgage refinance program by another year.

A former head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency wants to turn the government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into lender-owned insurance companies....

When you put down thousands of dollars to purchase a home, you’re taking a potentially serious financial risk: You could lose some or all...

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle a U.S. regulator’s claims that it sold toxic mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and...

Three Republican lawmakers spoke out on Wednesday in defense of mortgage fee hikes that were announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency last month...

The long foreclosure delays in the tristate area have led the Federal Housing Finance Agency to keep in place an adverse-market fee that was...

Home prices in the U.S. saw a very slight rise — 0.5 percent — in October versus the previous month, according to data from...

The incoming Federal Housing Finance Agency director will delay a planned increase in mortgage lending fees pending the opportunity for him “to evaluate fully...

Prompted by regulator the Federal Housing Finance Agency, mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are raising the fees they charge lenders in...

A backlog of foreclosure cases on Long Island has a number of overstretched borrowers living in fear of break-ins and looting — unpleasant but...

Days after the U.S. Department of Justice rejected a JPMorgan Chase offer in talks over a $13 billion settlement over the bank’s sale of...

Should you be concerned that the maximum loan amount buyers will be able to obtain through the biggest players in the mortgage industry —...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has come under fire for considering a reduction on the maximum loan amount that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

Wells Fargo is confident that the U.S. housing recovery won’t be delayed by climbing mortgage rates. The reason? New families are forming and homes...

Swiss bank UBS will pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $885 million to settle claims that it had misleadingly sold them defective residential mortgage-backed...