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Brian Koss, EVP for the Mortgage Network, discusses with MReport some recent changes the GSEs have made to their programs and how those changes will affect lenders.

Housing markets in the South showed the most improvement while a battle between low mortgage rates and rising prices is still being fought in the West.

Three GSE shareholders are seeking billions of dollars in a federal court in Texas over the sweeping of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits into Treasury.

The Congressional Budget Office analyzed what the effects on the industry would be if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were to increase their capital levels.

Mortgage markets are doing well, but don’t take anything for granted, according to Freddie Mac's latest outlook.

Freddie Mac says that the negative forecasts for the U.S. homeownership rate may be overly pessimistic—and there is a growing group of potential homebuyers that lenders should not overlook.

Mortgage rates hovered record lows for most of the summer. But one analyst said that is likely about to change.

The national homeownership rate has been dropping for more than a decade, and some experts predict it might dip even lower. According to one analysis, however, there are other factors to consider when forecasting where the homeownership rate will go.

With the Treasury yield at a two-week high, will the market see a corresponding spike in mortgage rates?

The FHFA spells out what it hopes to accomplish through the agencies it regulates (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks) in the Agency's FY2017 Annual Performance Plan.