The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today that it has raised Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s 2016 caps for multifamily lending from $31 billion to $35 billion. The agency based its decision on increased estimates of the size of the U.S. multifamily market. Multifamily loans in designated affordable and underserved segments will remain excluded from the caps.
Pending home sales fell in December
Pending home sales in December dropped 9.3% from the prior month and 3% year over year, according to the National Association of Realtors. There were 1.18 million homes on the market.









