Safety, reduced risk, and creating new infrastructure especially for new single-family homes rate high on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s to-do list for 2018.
Read More »Fannie Mae Offers $10M to Solve Affordability Issues
If you’ve got ideas for how to solve America’s housing affordability issues, Fannie Mae has $10 million with your name on it. The GSE launched its Sustainable Communities Innovation Challenge just this week.
Read More »New Home Sales Approach a 10-Year High
Existing home sales posted back-to-back gains in 2017, and contract signings to close on existing home sales increased for the first time in four months, according to a report by Fannie Mae.
Read More »Fannie Mae Leaders Named in “Most Powerful” List
Fannie Mae’s Jeffery Hayward, EVP and Head of Multifamily, and Kimberly Johnson, EVP and Chief Risk Officer, have been listed among Black Enterprise’s “Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America” ...
Read More »The Borrower Learning Curve
In an effort to understand just how knowledgeable borrowers are when it comes to the mortgage process, FreeandClear.com recently conducted a survey asking questions ranging from, “What source ...
Read More »Gig Economy: The New Homebuyers?
Is a new group of potential homebuyers on the horizon? According to Fannie Mae’s Perspectives report released Tuesday—the labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or ...
Read More »Millennials in the Market: The Key to a Faster Recovery?
With a population of more than 88 million, the millennial generation has the mass to truly make an impact on the housing market as buyers, according to a recent study. But do their views of homeownership align?
Read More »NCS Approved by Fannie Mae And Announces New Leadership
National Credit-reporting System, Inc. (NCS ), a verification solutions provider within the mortgage lending realm, recently announced that it is now an authorized report supplier of 4506-T ...
Read More »The Future of Property Preservation
Five Star President and CEO Ed Delgado moderated an expert panel at the National Property Preservation Conference, examining current conditions impacting the housing market, the industry’s response to the natural disasters that plagued Texas and Florida, current servicing policy, regulatory reform, and more.
Read More »Consumer Uncertainty Drives Down Housing Confidence
Consumer confidence is down in the latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) report, with the end of the summer buying season bringing about a repeat of ...
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