As the newest housing stats are set to release this week, catch up with the previous month’s data and more in The Week Ahead…
Read More »FHFA: Preferred Language Question In Interest of Mortgage Market
For those with a language preference, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has decided to add the new question to its loan application process.
Read More »Standardizing the Mortgage Industry
Data standardization has been a key area of focus for the GSEs through the Uniform Mortgage Data Program first introduced. Learn more about the key components of and recent updates to this program . . .
Read More »FHFA Planning for the Future: Policies, Procedures, and GSEs
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its Strategic Plan for the fiscal years of 2018 through 2022, in which it outlined three strategic goals that it plans on implementing in its continued effort to serve the housing market.
Read More »FHFA HARP Refinance Continue Helping Borrowers
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its July 2017 Refinance Report, showing that total refinances for the month were down, which the report attributes to the fact that mortgage rates are still higher than they were year-over-year.
Read More »The GSE Credit Scoring Debate: To Be Continued
Currently, the GSEs use the FICO credit score model, which critics say is outdated and less granular than more recent models, however, FICO begs to differ.
Read More »Top 5 States for Annual Home Price Appreciation
Home prices are up across the board—over the month, over the quarter, and over the year, according to new data from the FHFA. Find out what states and metros experienced the biggest jump now.
Read More »FHFA: Chocked Full of News
The FHFA had much to report on Thursday, including announcing the extension of HARP. Take a look at what all is going on at the agency.
Read More »Up, Up and Away
Mortgage rates are on the rise yet again, according to a new Index released this morning. How far can they go?
Read More »Diversity: The Thing Homeowners All Have in Common
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has finalized four amendments to its Minority and Women Inclusion regulations. What do the amendments mean for GSEs and federal banks?
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