The Federal Housing Finance Agency today said that it will raise the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase in 2019 from $453,100 to $484,350.

The financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposal that would raise the appraisal threshold for residential real estate transactions from $250,000 to $400,000.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today finalized a proposal making changes to the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program

In a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Friday, the American Bankers Association offered feedback on a proposal that would create a new framework for risk-based capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure that the GSEs could cover losses and continue operations in the event of stress.

The Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund reached a capital ratio of 2.76 percent, exceeding its minimum statutory requirement of 2 percent, according to the FHA’s 2018 annual report to Congress.

The latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast features interviews with the winners of ABA's 2018 Community Commitment Awards.

In the previous quarter, banks eased terms and standards for business loans, while tightening slightly on commercial real estate loans and easing in most residential mortgage loan categories, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey released today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today issued an update on the common securitization platform it is developing to issue the Single Security, a mortgage-backed security to be issued by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Advances from Federal Home Loan Banks during 2017 increased from the year before by 3.7 percent to $732 billion, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today released a new loan-level set collected through its National Survey of Mortgage Originations.