President Joe Biden is using today’s observance of Earth Day to announce $7 billion in new grants for residential solar projects in low- and middle-income communities. The Associated Press reported the grants will be awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency,...
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Alanna McCargo is resigning as president of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), effective May 3. McCargo became Ginnie Mae’s 18th president and first female leader...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: You never know what you can find on social media. Today, while taking a break from my duties, I scrolled through a site and found the following post that gave me great amusement. “We have the highest mortgage rates in a generation and stubbornly...
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman became the most prominent Democratic lawmaker to openly oppose the concept of “squatter’s rights.” In a weekend interview with the New York Post, Fetterman acknowledged dealing with squatters when he served as mayor of Braddock,...
A bizarre attack on a major mortgage company, an about-face by the Federal Reserve and a luxury retailer is coming to San Francisco. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of April 1-5. Miss: A Strange Hit-Job Against...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
