FHFA Sets Conforming Loan Limits for 2025
The conforming loan-limit values for residential mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2025 have been set at $806,500 for one-unit properties...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Publish Three-Year Plans to Improve Housing Opportunities
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published their three-year plans for improving housing opportunities in underserved markets and communities, the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
Fannie Mae Closes Sale of 8,678 Reperforming Loans With $1.42B in UPB
Fannie Mae recently auctioned 8,678 reperforming mortgage loans with about $1.42 billion in unpaid principal balance (UPB), offered in three pools.
The winning bidder for...
GSEs Expand Eligibility for Appraisal Waivers on Purchase Loans, Among Other Policy Updates
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced updates to several Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac policies including expanding eligibility for appraisal waivers on...
FHFA Adds Manufactured Home Price Index to its HPI Report
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has launched a new index measuring price trends for manufactured homes using national datasets.
The new index provides quarterly...
Fannie Mae Announces Winning Bidder on Pool of Non-Performing Mortgage Loans
VWH Capital Management, a minority and women-owned business, is the winning bidder on a pool of non-performing mortgage loans recently auctioned by Fannie Mae.
This...
LoanDepot Closes $300M Mortgage Notes Transaction
loanDepot recently closed a $300 million transaction through an offering of notes by Mello Warehouse Securitization Trust 2024-1, marking the lender’s tenth successful transaction...
Homebuyer Affordability Improved in August
The national median mortgage payment applied for by borrowers was $2,057 in August —down $83 from July and down $113, or 5.2%, from August...
Existing-Home Sales Will Not See Meaningful Growth for the Remainder of 2024
Despite a significant decline in mortgage rates and improved supply in some parts of the country, existing home sales are not expected to pick...
Fannie Mae Auctioning Two Pools of Non-Performing Loans
Fannie Mae is auctioning two pools of non-performing loans with unpaid principal balances of $296.7 million and $7.2 million.
The larger pool includes approximately 1,766...
Freddie Mac Taps Diana Reid as its Next CEO
Real estate and financial services industry veteran Diana Reid is the new CEO of Freddie Mac, effective immediately.
Reid also will serve as a member...
MIAC Analytics Handling Sale of $1.09B Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MSR Portfolio
MIAC Analytics is managing the sale of a $1.09 billion Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio.
The portfolio is being offered...
Fannie Mae Selling Pool of Reperforming Loans With UPB of About $611.2 Million
Fannie Mae is auctioning a pool of approximately 3,119 reperforming loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $611.2 million as part of its...
Freddie Mac Single-Family CRT Program Marks Milestone
Freddie Mac reports that its Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Program has closed its 100th ACIS (Agency Credit Insurance Structure) transaction.
Since the first transaction...
Federal Agencies: Lenders Must Implement QC Standards for AVMs
Mortgage lenders and secondary market issuers must implement quality control standards for the automated valuation models (AVMs) they use in valuing homes, as per...
Vice Capital Markets Integrates Fannie Mae Mission Score API Into Trading Portal
Mortgage hedge advisory firm Vice Capital Markets has integrated the Fannie Mae’s Mission Score application programming interface (API) into its trading portal, allowing current...
Fannie Mae Transfers Risk on $8.2 Billion of Single-Family Loans
Fannie Mae recently executed its fifth credit insurance risk transfer transaction of 2024 on $8.2 billion of single-family loans.
The Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT)...
FHFA, CFPB Update Loan Level Data For Public Use
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have published updated loan-level data for public use collected through the...
Housing Policy Council Taps Michael Drayne as SVP of Capital Markets
Michael R. Drayne has joined the Housing Policy Council (HPC), a trade association comprised of the leading national mortgage lenders and servicers; mortgage, hazard,...
FHFA Grants Conditional Approval for Freddie Mac to Purchase Second Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has granted conditional approval for Freddie Mac to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages as a pilot program.
This...