Mortgage rates came closer to the 7% level in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.93% as of Jan. 9, up from last week when it averaged 6.91%. A year ago at this time, it averaged...
Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has promoted James Whitlinger to executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Whitlinger previously served as Freddie Mac’s senior vice president and single-family CFO since 2014. He has served as interim CFO since June of...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Two weeks from today, Donald Trump will return to the White House. During last year’s presidential campaign, Trump offered next to nothing – okay, he offered nothing – regarding how he would address some of the major issues impacting housing policy....
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the US Department of the Treasury announced amendments to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements (PSPAs) related to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae (OTCBQ: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). At...
Hedge fund executive Bill Ackman is predicting the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac (OTCQB; FMCC) and Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) will be privatized during the upcoming Trump administration. The GSEs have been in federal conservatorship since September...