While fireworks will be soaring over the Fourth of July, mortgage rates are going into the holiday weekend in a continued decline. According to the Primary Mortgage Market survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC), the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.67% as...
The decision by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to explore the viability of incorporating cryptocurrencies into the secondary mortgage market received a major vote of approval from high-profile investor Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest. Last...
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...