Category: Mortgage News

The federal government is partnering with Palantir, a secretive tech company with military roots, to detect mortgage fraud within Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s $50 trillion portfolio

The Trump administration is pushing to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public again, despite their history of conservatorship and ties to major financial collapses

Home values are up 4% according to the FHFA, but affordability is worse than ever for first-time buyers. Industry voices are calling on Jerome Powell and the Fed to cut interest rates, arguing that inflation is under control.

Mortgage rates are spiking again despite Fed rate cuts, with long-term yields climbing above 5%.

In April, one in seven U.S. home purchase agreements fell through — the second-highest April cancellation rate ever

The Fed recently bought $43.6 billion in treasuries with little public attention, raising questions about whether it’s quietly returning to quantitative easing despite claiming otherwise.

The Fed recently bought $43.6 billion in treasuries with little public attention, raising questions about whether it’s quietly returning to quantitative easing despite claiming otherwise.

Barry Habib breaks down the current tug-of-war between the Fed and the White House, the implications of the recent U.S. credit downgrade, and how massive federal debt

skyrocketing housing costs ripple through the entire economy—even driving up the price of an $8 slice of pizza in Seattle.

New home construction is nearing pre-2008 levels, but builders are facing a major problem: they can’t move their inventory. Despite quietly increasing output over the past decade, today’s high interest rates, rising insurance costs, and policy uncertainty