Mortgage interest rates pulled back a little this week, but it was hardly enough to erase the past three weeks' gains. The ...

Craig Phillips worked on early efforts to move the government-sponsored enterprises toward a conservatorship exit during the ...

Keefe Bruyette thinks Freddie Mac’s (FMCC) announcement that Craig Phillips will join the company as executive vice president, corporate ...

The short answer for Question 1 is yes, in most cases you are supposed to report the gift. For Question 2, contributors ...

Next City’s housing correspondent on the issues he’s keeping an eye on this year, from increased criminalization of ...

Sandra Thompson, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is set to step down on January 19, according to an agency ...

Overlays can also be used to target a specific type or class of borrower. To reduce risk, a lender might ask for a greater down payment than is originally required. Let’s look at credit scores as an ...

Financial analysts are skeptical that President-elect Donald Trump, who didn’t say much during the campaign about housing, ...

The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saga has been going on for, depending how you count, 16 years, or perhaps many decades. There ...

The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac saga has been going on for, depending how you count, 16 years, or perhaps many decades. There are strong feelings and a lot of lore. It’s back in the news now, and I ...

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) may see big gains with privatization. Find out why FMCC stock could be a ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its Options for Reducing the Deficit, outlining 76 policy opt ...