Spurred by low interest rates, consumers are taking out more mortgages, bolstering the profits of banks’ consumer divisions. But forecasted cuts by the Federal...
A decade after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put under government control, a Trump administration-appointed regulator is stepping in to try again to...
Mortgage rates fell for the sixth straight week, hitting their lowest point since September 2017. The 30-year fixed-rate average slid to 3.82 percent and...
Fitch Ratings will include natural disaster risks into its ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities, a sign that the industry is beginning to acknowledge the...
The Trump administration’s plan to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private ownership, which the president has called a “pretty urgent” issue, may...
Real estate investment trusts are betting big on the country’s mortgage market. REITs that buy residential home loans upped their portfolios of mortgage bonds...
A mammoth house made for lobbyist-level entertaining in the Washington, D.C., area is headed for auction. A live on-site auction with no reserve will...
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company which owns the New York Stock Exchange, has a commanding role in stock markets worldwide. But now the Atlanta-based...
For an increasing number of lenders, small mortgages don’t pay. The number of small home mortgages has decreased post-recession, as lenders have increased the...
Austin, Texas-based 360 Mortgage Group just revealed that it will conduct a pilot program to test the viability of no-income, no-asset mortgage loans by...
Same-sex couples have a much harder time securing a mortgage than heterosexual couples. That’s according to the results of an Iowa State University study...
American homeowners are doing something surprising: Despite record amounts of home equity available to them — an estimated $1.5 trillion worth — they are...
