FHFA: HARP Refinances Fall in First Quarter
More than 429,000 borrowers refinanced their Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgage loans in the first quarter, with 19,989 refinanced...
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ABA Endorses Stearns Lending’s Fulfillment, Correspondent Services
The American Bankers Association -- through its Corporation for American Banking subsidiary -- announced today that it has endorsed the...
Fed to Host Forum on Rural Housing, Development
The Federal Reserve will host a policy forum next Tuesday, May 10, in Washington, D.C., to explore the changing demographic...
Fannie Mae Sees Billion-Dollar Profit in Q1
Fannie Mae today reported a $1.1 billion profit for the first quarter of 2016, following a $2.5 billion gain in...
FHFA Raises Multifamily Loan Caps for Fannie, Freddie
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today that it has raised Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s 2016 caps for multifamily...
(Not) Going to the Chapel
How millennials' changing marriage patterns are shaping their engagement with banks.
CFPB to Issue Further Guidance on TRID
In a letter to the heads of banking and mortgage trade associations today, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Corday...
ABA Survey: Despite Regulation, CRE Lending Continues to Thrive
Commercial real estate continues to boom, with eight in 10 banks saying they plan to increase concentrations in CRE in...
ABA Survey: QM Lending Dipped in 2015
The percentage of Qualified Mortgages originated by banks declined in 2015, falling to 86 percent from 90 percent in 2014,...
