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Mortgage rates dipped. See how they’ve evolved over the years

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Use our interactive tool to track mortgage rates, and share the latest data with your clients, colleagues and friends. Continue reading →

Luxury brokerage Douglas Elliman is now in the mortgage business

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Mortgage broker Elliman Capital, a “strategic alliance” with Associated Mortgage Bankers Inc., will offer traditional and specialty loan products “from multiple national and regional lenders.” Continue reading →

Trump’s FHFA could rein in Fannie and Freddie’s high-end lending

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Cutting the mortgage giants’ $806,500 conforming loan limit could relieve pressure on home prices but leave more homebuyers seeking jumbo mortgages at higher rates from private lenders. Continue reading →

Democrats weighing government shutdown to protest DOGE cuts

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As March 14 debt ceiling deadline approaches, housing and mortgage finance industries brace for repercussions of DOGE cuts to federal workforce and programs. Continue reading →

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s net worths climb past $154B

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While plans to privatize the mortgage giants are on the back burner, Trump administration may impose limits on how much support the mortgage giants can provide to riskier borrowers. Continue reading →

The job description of a loan officer has changed

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According to mortgage industry expert Matt Muscat, changes in the mortgage industry and in the financial landscape have made the job of loan officer more important and challenging than ever. Continue reading →