On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made his first appearance before Congress since being sworn into the role. Remarking on the strengthening U.S. economy, Powell told Congress that “some ...
Read More »How Could Mortgage Rate Upswings Impact Housing?
Freddie Mac has released its February Insight report, which “looks into the effects of higher mortgage rates on home buyers, homeowners wishing to refinance, mortgage lenders, home builders and ...
Read More »FHA Announces Expanded Mortgage Relief for Disaster Victims
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has provided additional relief to victims of the natural disasters that hit the nation in 2017. On Thursday, FHA announced expanded mortgage relief to FHA-insured ...
Read More »Treasury Doubling Down on Financial Crisis Mistakes?
Former White House Counsel and Senior Fellow in Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute Peter J. Wallison put in an appearance Thursday on CNBC’s The Santelli Exchange, ...
Read More »Will Housing Finance Reform Ever Get Done?
As the 115th United States Congress begins its second session Stuart Pratt, Global Head of Public Policy and Industry Relations at CoreLogic discusses the way forward for Housing ...
Read More »These U.S. Regions Would Feel GSE Reform the Most
For 2018-2020, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have set a goal of 24 percent for the number of mortgages they must purchase from low-income borrowers, defined as those earning less ...
Read More »FEMA Sending $1 Billion to Texas Communities
Texas coastal communities are still rebuilding after the impact of Hurricane Harvey last year. But in addition to rebuilding what was damaged or destroyed, the affected communities must ...
Read More »CoreLogic Announces New Addition to Government Affairs Team
CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, recently announced that Pete Carroll has joined the CoreLogic Government Affairs team as Executive, Public Policy & Industry ...
Read More »Freddie Mac posts a Q4 Loss
Like its sister agency, Freddie Mac this week reported large Q4 losses that will require government bailout money for the first time since 2012. The major difference is that Freddie ...
Read More »House Passes TRID Improvement Act
On Wednesday evening, the House passed two regulatory relief bills are aimed at benefiting both consumers and lenders. The TRID Improvement Act of 2017 is aimed at modifying ...
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