Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has filed a lawsuit against Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accusing him of violating the First Amendment and the Privacy Act of 1974 in his criminal referral to the Department of Justice that alleged the...
The national mortgage delinquency rate fell by 7 basis points (bps) in October to 3.34%, down 11% year-over-year and down 53 bps from the October 2019 pre-pandemic benchmark, according to a data report from ICE Mortgage Technology, a division of Intercontinental...
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has raised the conforming loan limit values for the one-unit mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will acquire in 2026 to $832,750, an increase of $26,250 from 2025. The increase is linked to the 3.26% house price increase...
In order to pay for a typical Ontario home, families earning the local median income need to devote more than 50% of their after-tax earnings to monthly mortgage payments if they live in the province’s 14 urban centers – and that share rises to more than 110% if they...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have opened a probe into Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte for potential misconduct in the criminal investigations of President Trump’s political enemies. ABC News, citing input from unnamed “sources...
Mortgage rates inched up slightly in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.26% as of Nov. 20, up from last week when it averaged 6.24%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.84%....
