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...
A pair of unexpected housing policy proposals, an unfair accusation against a hotel chain, and an unlikely new theme park. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 5-9. Hit: Who Saw That Coming? The biggest...
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...
Rent Discounts Spread to 43.5% of Listings as Apartment Owners Fight for Te…
