Quantitative Easing

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced it would raise short-term interest rates again, but the real news was its decision to start selling off...

Federal Reserve officials over the past few months have indicated they may be willing to reduce the $1.75 trillion worth of mortgage-backed securities it...

Whether 2014 will be another banner year for real estate or wind up strangled by skyrocketing interest rates largely hangs on five key determinants....

The question of whether mortgage rates will surge in 2014, and consequently how healthy the U.S. housing market will be, hangs largely on the...

Despite sending ominous signals that it would wind down an $85 billion per month bond-buying stimulus program, the Federal Reserve has decided to continue...

The Federal Reserve’s housing policies have helped steer the four largest home loan lenders back to recovery, Bloomberg News reported. Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase,...

The Federal Reserve’s efforts to continue pushing mortgage rates lower have been stymied in part by banks, some of which are unable or unwilling...

The Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing – its plan to buy $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

Now that the markets have had a full 24 hours to digest news that the Federal Reserve would purchase an additional $40 billion worth...

The Federal Reserve said it would initiate a third round of quantitative easing by buying $40 billion worth of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae...