by Phil Hall | Oct 28, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced updates to several appraisal policies related to Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCBQ: FMCC). The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) will expand eligibility for appraisal waivers and inspection-based...
by Phil Hall | Oct 9, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has introduced new national datasets on price trends for manufactured homes. The new data release for manufactured homes includes purchase-only as well as all-transactions house price indexes. Both datasets will measure...
by Phil Hall | Aug 22, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae (OTCMKTS: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCMKTS: FMCC) are updating their Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (PMIERs). The GSEs first issued their PMIERs in...
by Phil Hall | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced its conditional approval for Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) to engage in a limited pilot to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages. The conditional approval follows FHFA’s first publication of a...
by Phil Hall | May 17, 2024 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a Request for Input (RFI) regarding the mission of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System. According to the regulator, the RFI is seeking public comments in three categories of questions: Updating the...
Small Mortgages Fall Below 3% of Originations, Exposing Rural Lending Gap
