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, ...

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

I can’t take credit for, “People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.” Empathy and ...

President-elect Donald Trump faces a much different housing market than the red-hot one he enjoyed during his first term.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-backed mortgage giants, could be headed for privatization under Donald Trump‘s ...

Anticipation, uncertainty, and speculation continue to build concerning the impact on the housing market of policy shifts ...

Mortgage finance firm Freddie Mac said on Tuesday James Whitlinger, who has been filling in as its interim chief financial officer since June, has taken on the role permanently.

Wedbush analyst Brian Violino raised the firm’s price target on Fannie Mae to $1 from 50c and keeps an Underperform rating on the shares.

Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been rising as investors bet the Trump administration will release the two mortgage ...