The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the 2026 multifamily loan purchase caps for Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) will be $88 billion for each entity, for a combined total of $176 billion to support the multifamily market. In an...
Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit is calling for a federal investigation into recent price increases for credit reporting products. In a post on LinkedIn, Broeksmit stated, “I was hoping it was April Fool’s Day, but it feels more like...
Government officials being forced out of their homes by threats of violence, Zohran Mamdani’s silence on contentious housing proposals, and a soccer stadium where you’d least expect it. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses...
FICO (NYSE: FICO) has announced a new program that bypasses the three major credit bureaus and enables the direct sale of the company’s credit scores to lenders. According to the company, the FICO Mortgage Direct License Program, the mortgage credit specialists known...
The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is calling on the Trump administration not to pursue a merger of Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) as part of its effort to conclude their longstanding federal conservatorships. In a blog post,...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
