Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson will resign on Jan. 19, one day before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. Bloomberg first reported Thompson’s decision to step down from the FHFA leadership; the agency has not issued...
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....
An unlikely new site for affordable housing, a spike in CMBS delinquencies and a very long wait to sell a home. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 30-Jan. 3. Hit: A Trashy Solution. New York City is taking a...
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...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
