Daily Dose

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into conservatorship seven years ago, and questions still linger as to how and when to reform the GSEs.

Fifth Third Bancorp has agreed to pay nearly $85 million to resolve civil fraud claims regarding approximately 1,400 loans originated by the bank that were insured by the FHA.

Emerging real estates markets offer investors promising returns on increasing home prices, as foreclosure housing opportunities are nearly non-existent.

The average risk of home price declines over the next two years rests at the low level of 6 percent, except for states that are highly dependent on oil production.

Employment gains, wage growth, and continued low mortgage rates are pushing home prices up both year-over-year and month-over-month.

The 12th Annual Five Star Conference in Dallas last month included the inaugural Single-Family Rental Lab. Now, Five Star Institute is expanding its footprint in the burgeoning single-family rental market with its inaugural Single-Family Rental Summit October 11 to 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.

In light of the recent, lower-than-expected jobs report for September, the Federal Reserve may hold off on raising interest rates until stronger labor market data comes forth.

The combined second quarter 2015 earnings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased $2.4 billion from the first quarter to a total of $8.8 billion, according to the Quarterly Performance Report of the Housing GSEs from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

CFSI Loan Management has added David Olson to their team as VP of business development. He comes to CFSI Loan Management after having spent more than 20 years in various roles with various business services and niche financial services firms.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it has charged Home Loan Servicing Solutions for making "material misstatements" about handling transactions with related parties, including Ocwen Financial Corp.