FHFA Increases Conforming Loan Limits for 2017
The Federal Housing Finance Agency today said that it will raise the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages Fannie Mae...
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FHFA: Home Prices Rise in Q3
U.S. home prices rose 0.6 percent in September and 1.5 percent in the third quarter, according to the Federal Housing...
FHFA: No Increase on Multifamily Loan Caps for GSEs
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s caps for multifamily lending will remain at...
FHFA: HARP Refinances Continue to Decline
More than 626,000 borrowers refinanced their Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgage loans in the third quarter, with 15,597 refinanced...
CFPB Releases 2017 Lists of Rural, Underserved Counties
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today released lists of rural counties and rural or underserved counties to use in 2017...
FHFA: GSEs Sold 60,000 Nonperforming Loans Since 2014
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have sold 59,629 nonperforming loans as of August, with a total unpaid balance of $11.9...
FHA Insurance Fund Performance Improves
The Federal Housing Administration said today that the capital ratio for its mortgage insurance fund has reached 2.32 percent, a...
Fed Survey: CRE Loan Standards Tighten; C&I Holds Steady
Bankers continued tightening credit for commercial real estate loans in the last three months while holding steady on other business...
ABA Responds to Proposal to Combat Appraiser Shortage
As the shortage of appraisers continues to be a priority issue for bankers, particularly those in rural markets, ABA last...
FDIC Releases Second Volume in Affordable Housing Guide
The FDIC today released the second volume in its new guide to affordable single-family home loan programs, with a special...
