A deteriorating labor market could include a silver lining for real estate as mortgage rates continue to slide and runway appears open for rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month. Continue reading
Rocket hopes the $9.4 billion deal will help it capture 20 percent of all mortgage refinancing and wrest back its title as the nation’s biggest mortgage lender from rival United Wholesale Mortgage. Continue reading
Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer and Cory Booker have asked federal regluator to pause any efforts to reprivatize Fannie and Freddie and study potential impact on mortgage rates. Continue reading
Survey shows most Americans are also concerned that privatizing the mortgage giants might lead to higher mortgage rates, although Democrats and independents are more likely to be worried than Republicans. Continue reading
A green light from the Federal Housing Finance Agency and antitrust regulators sets the stage for a Sept. 3 vote by Mr. Cooper shareholders on $9.4 billion mega merger. Continue reading
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should continue to operate as separate companies rather than merged into a single entity, and be regulated like utilities with a cap on excessive fees and prohibitions on backing risky loans. That’s the perspective of a… Continue reading
A “Wall Street Journal” editorial calls Pulte’s criminal referral of Federal Reserve governor “an ominous turn in political lawfare” and warns that “weaponizing” Fannie and Freddie’s federal regulator “won’t build confidence in America’s institutions o… Continue reading
If your listing has been sitting on the market for too long, trainer Bernice Ross shares five elements of a successful strategy to get it sold. Continue reading
The tri-merge system is “an anachronism from the days when there were significant disparities in coverage by the credit bureaus,” MBA says in advocating new approach. Continue reading
Rocket Mortgage and UWM are counting on AI to help them scale their businesses as mortgage rates fall. Small and mid-size lenders don’t want to be left behind. Continue reading