Policies and programs to help lower-earning Americans, especially older adults, remain in their homes is essential, study's authors say.
Read More »Housing Advocates Seek $25B for Borrowers
A coalition of civil rights and housing groups call on congressional leaders for funds that would enable state housing finance agencies to help homeowners.
Read More »A Contingency Plan for GSEs: Is it a Good Idea?
A Former Freddie Mac CEO says, “no,” but the FHFA calls it a necessary step prior to the enterprises’ conservatorship exit.
Read More »Marcia Fudge’s HUD-Secretary Bid Moves Forward
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted 17-7 in favor of Marcia Fudge's nomination as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The committee held Fudge's confirmation ...
Read More »FHA Aims to Improve Safety for Mortgagers, Borrowers
A series of "waivers of provisions" will allow important mortgage servicing activities to continue "in a manner that allows for safe social distancing," the administration announced.
Read More »Fudge Promises to ‘Work Across the Aisle’ for Housing
Marcia Fudge appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs as a Biden-Harris administration nominee to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ...
Read More »Industry Groups React to Janet Yellen’s Treasury Secretary Confirmation
Leaders in the housing industry say they are looking forward to working with the new Secretary, whose confirmation they hope “bodes well for the housing market." Here is what else they have to say.
Read More »Biden Addresses Housing Inequality Via Executive Order
This is a first step toward helping all Americans access safe, high-quality housing, said Acting HUD Secretary Matthew E. Ammon, “and the chance to build wealth that comes through homeownership."
Read More »What Treasury Secretary Yellen May Mean for Mortgage Rates
A panel of economists discusses how the Treasury nominee’s economic policies may play out across the industry. Will the low-rate environment continue?
Read More »Economic Lessons From the Great Recession
Financial pain perpetrated by the COVID-19 pandemic has been gentler than it otherwise could have been, according to a newly released research paper from the business schools of Columbia University, ...
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