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Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday downgraded U.S. mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) and senior unsecured debt ratings to 'AA+' from 'AAA' after ...

Financial officers from 27 states have sent a letter to President Joe Biden protesting a new policy from ...

Commentary Financial fears have grown as interest rates have risen and the shadow of recession has lengthened. Most ...

Mortgage rates rose above 7 percent for the first time in more than 20 years, as the American ...

Mortgage rates hit their highest levels in 20 years this week with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging near 6.92 ...

U.S. mortgage rates fell for the second consecutive week after a rapid rise in June, the latest data ...

The battle waged by the Federal Reserve to curb inflation is heightening mortgage costs, making homes less affordable ...

The housing and mortgage world witnessed rising rates, an upswing in application levels, and public feud between two ...

WASHINGTON—The regulator overseeing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac proposed on Wednesday changes to recently imposed capital ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday it had suspended changes to the government's stake in housing giants ...

In a case with ramifications for the so-called administrative state, the Supreme Court considered Dec. 9 whether the ...

Commentary Today, two key pieces of data were released. One will be reported correctly, and for the other, ...

Commentary The cost of refinancing a mortgage is about to go up. Those considering refinancing their home mortgages ...

A survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association released Monday shows that almost 7 percent of U.S. mortgage holders—or around ...

WASHINGTON—Top federal officials defended the Trump administration’s plan to end federal control of the financially recovering but once ...

In North Carolina, tornados spun off Hurricane Dorian, causing damage; The Treasury Department in a report suggested restructuring ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two government-backed housing corporations bailed out seven years ago by federal taxpayers, ...

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose modestly in November as a strengthening economy helped ...

A sudden plunge in mortgage rates this week raised an urgent question for millions of Americans: Should I ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on Aug. 17 that ...

The average 30-year mortgage rate rose slightly, according to mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac, but remains at historically ...

The macroeconomic trends in the national real estate market are making it a real buyers’ market.

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is deeply insolvent and headed toward a financial crash like that of Freddie ...

Robert Khuzami, director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Enforcement Division, announces that the SEC has ...

China may suffer large losses of its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bond holdings.

Mortgage rates continued their downward slide, as the 5-year, 15-year, and 30-year mortgage rates all fell to record ...

Mortgage rates were little changed this week, with 30-year fixed rate mortages (FRM) averaging 4.37 percent and the ...