Cryptocurrency permeates housing policy, HUD muscles its way into a new headquarters, and Cincinnati will not have a new football stadium. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of June 23-27. Hit: The Future is Here....
The government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) announced the launch of US Financial Technology LLC (US Fin Tech) as the successor to their joint venture Common Securitization Solutions (CSS). CSS was established in 2014 to...
A former Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) employee who was arrested for threatening to bomb the agency’s headquarters has continued to make unwanted contact with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte. Last March, Maria Del Carmen Lozano was arrested...
Mortgage rates continued to decline in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.77% as of June 26, down from last week when it averaged 6.81%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte has opened the door to enable the use of cryptocurrency in the mortgage market. Posting on his X account, Pulte announced, “After significant studying, and in keeping with President Trump’s vision to make the...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
