The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has pulled the plug on pilot programs run by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the GSEs)...
Read MoreIrving Berlin once wrote, "The song might be over, but the melody lingers on." That, according to a paper from the Federal Reserve...
Read MoreMortgage rates were almost perfectly unchanged today. That leaves them right in line with last Friday's levels. I devoted a considerable number of...
Read MoreBe careful what you read--or perhaps, who you trust--about mortgage rates today. There's a lot of misinformation out there. Don't be mad. No...
Read MoreThe effects of Hurricane Irma continue to be felt in the Southeast, with Florida the only state to report an increase in its...
Read MoreMortgage rates , and indeed most interest rates, are tied to movement in the bond market. In turn, bonds tend to benefit when...
Read MoreMortgage rates finally did what they were supposed to do today. Specifically, they fell in response to bond market improvement. That's the way...
Read MoreAttitudes about buying and selling a home degraded in July. Fannie Mae said its National Housing Survey (NHS) for the month found a...
Read MoreAnother day, another Wells Fargo PR disaster. The company is admitting they have foreclosed on about 400 homes owned by borrowers who were...
Read MoreMortgage rates were slightly lower for the 3rd straight business day, but not for any particular reason. Because of the relatively narrow range,...
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