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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been under conservatorship for almost eight years following a massive taxpayer-funded bailout. While many in the industry have called for a GSE reform on numerous occasions over the years, the future of the conservatorship remains uncertain.

While homeownership sits at a stagnant level, rental markets remain healthy. See which markets RentRange says are ripe for SFR investors.

For a program that was only supposed to be temporary, HARP is still going rather strong as the Federal Housing Finance Agency makes one final push to get more homeowners refinanced.

Five Star Institute President and CEO Ed Delgado recently met with HUD Secretary Julián Castro to ask the Secretary to consider issuing a mortgagee letter to set the definition and criteria for identifying vacant and abandoned properties.

The Federal Reserve has consistently been obscure in the details surrounding its monetary policy decisions, and the Federal Open Market Committee was abundantly clear on just how unsure they are about the future in regards to their recent decision to leave rates at their current level.

Housing starts declined for the second consecutive month in January, despite industry forecasts that they would recover from the previous month's decrease.

AIM Your Way, LLC, a Dallas, Texas-based property maintenance services provider for the mortgage industry for 30 years, has appointed Mitch Schneider as CEO.

Incenter LLC recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement, subject to customary closing conditions, to acquire the assets of Interactive Mortgage Advisors, LLC (IMA).

Rising property values are making more homeowners more optimistic about renovating their homes, and Millennial homeowners in particular favor using HELOCs to help them finance their designs, a new study by TD Bank showed.

While a few foreign central banks have already implemented negative policy rates due to economic turmoil, many in the housing industry are wondering if the U.S. is next.