The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has a number of advantages for homeowners and investors. But it wasn’t always the norm.
They don’t make loans themselves, but they help banks make more of them.
As people become more aware of living in vulnerable areas, home prices will gradually reflect that risk, says Tim Judge of Fannie Mae.
There have been about 80 debt ceiling battles since 1960. But those decades of drama have never led to an actual default.
Heather Vogell of ProPublica finds short term-oriented corporate investors are increasingly becoming apartment landlords.
Demand for vacation homes has crowded out would-be homeowners, but will higher fees make a dent?
Fannie Mae says including loan applicant’s rental payment history could help correct past housing inequities.
Descriptions in appraisal reports can create racial bias and reduce the selling price of a home. Fannie Mae is trying to clamp down on tha
A plan to return the mortgage giants to private control was complicated by the pandemic’s economic risks.
A new “adverse market fee” kicked in this week, despite declining interest rates.
