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The annual Five Star Conference gathers mortgage servicing industry executives with government representatives, attorneys, service providers, and others. Sunday’s lineup included programming aimed at the agent membership of Five Star’s Federation of REO Certified Experts (FORCE).

A coalition of housing industry trade groups have requested that the White House’s National Economic Council push the FHA to slash its mortgage insurance premium to put more money into the pockets of home buyers.

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) decreased 0.8 points in August to 62.0, the sixth consecutive monthly decline of the index, according to their latest report. Surveyed consumers ...

After falling back toward the 5%-mark, Freddie Mac reports that mortgage rates rose more than 40-basis points this week, as continued slowdown in economic growth weighs on the housing market.

Despite mortgage rates pulling back over the past month, numbers are down 59 basis points from the recent peak of 5.22% according to the latest Fannie Mae survey, they continue to anticipate a slowdown in home sales activity.

Housing starts fell further than anticipated in July, as multi-family becomes a bright spot with builders adapting to a growing rental market.

A new survey from Fannie Mae finds that homebuying confidence has fallen for the majority of the year.

Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, comments on the most recent Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey, which found that major lenders are working on cutting costs amid a tumultuous real estate market.

Fannie Mae’s new index provides two measures: volume of unpaid principal balance in dollars and a loan count. The RALI sources data from Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter to show both the past week’s refinance application trends and prepayment projections.

The research arm of Fannie Mae has moved its recession prediction from the second to the first quarter of 2023. Here are insights from Chief Economist Doug Duncan.