Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte accommodated President Trump’s announcement of a federal purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds by making a unilateral and unpublicized policy change that enabled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise the...
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 6.09% as of Jan. 22, up from last week when it averaged 6.06%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.96%....
Mortgage rates continued their decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.06% as of Jan. 15, down from last week when it averaged 6.16%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
President Trump announced he is directing his “representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds as a strategy for driving down mortgage rates. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump blamed former President Biden for ignoring the housing market and...
Mortgage rates started 2026 on with a mild uptick, according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 6.16% as of Jan. 8, up slightly from last week when it averaged 6.15%. A year ago at this time, it...
FBI Investigating Lurin Capital Amid Multifamily Collapse
