Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to launch remote desktop appraisals in 2022
After a successful test run triggered by the pandemic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will soon be permanently accepting remote desktop appraisals on eligible transactions.
Read Moreby Amy Perry | Feb 28, 2022 | Appraisal, Fundamentals, Mortgages, Real Estate | 6
After a successful test run triggered by the pandemic, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will soon be permanently accepting remote desktop appraisals on eligible transactions.
Read Moreby Benjamin J. Smith | Jul 19, 2021 | Mortgages, Real Estate | 0
This article forecasts a surge in mortgage modifications in the wake of the coming expiration of foreclosure moratoriums — which will in turn lead to a rise in re-defaulting borrowers.
Read Moreby Amy Perry | Jun 25, 2021 | Economics, Property Management, Real Estate, Recessions | 0
Multi-family property owners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may now extend their forbearance programs up to September 2021.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Aug 6, 2018 | Finance | 0
The current credit score model is outdated and not changing anytime soon.
Read Moreby Benjamin J. Smith | Jan 16, 2018 | Real Estate | 0
Proposed changes to the URLA have been finalized and published.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Dec 15, 2016 | Finance, Real Estate | 0
Now that average home prices have risen, the FHFA is increasing maximum loan limits for 2017.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 31, 2016 | Finance | 0
Check out changes to the new URLA.
Read Moreby Sarah Kolvas | Jul 18, 2016 | Finance, Real Estate | 0
See why the new principal reduction program is unlikely to help California homeowners.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Dec 28, 2015 | Charts, Feature Articles, Home Sales | 0
California average home prices are currently 21% below their Millennium Boom peak, according to...
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Oct 28, 2014 | Economics, Finance, Real Estate | 4
How do you get lenders to loan more money — without pushing the housing market towards a cliff?
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jun 6, 2014 | Loan Products, Real Estate | 0
Homeowners have a new way to qualify for financing covering energy-saving improvements.
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | Jan 8, 2014 | Interest Rates, Real Estate | 0
New mortgage guarantee increases will cause mortgage rates to rise.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Dec 29, 2013 | Feature Articles, Real Estate | 1
For our 2013 year in review, we look back over a year rife with risky speculation, serious price inflation, discontent with the trade unions and some robust of regulation.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Dec 27, 2013 | Real Estate | 1
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a most auspicious milestone: “more than 3 million homeowners helped by foreclosure prevention programs.” We don’t buy it.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Dec 11, 2013 | Real Estate | 0
In the world of secondary mortgage market reform, we’ve got good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Nov 21, 2013 | Finance, Real Estate | 1
We know that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are broken. But is there a viable plan for their restructuring? Who do we trust to reform the secondary mortgage market?
Read Moreby Matthew Taylor | Jul 10, 2013 | Mortgages, Real Estate | 0
Yet another federal home-loan recovery program enters the stimulus mix.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | May 5, 2013 | Real Estate | 1
President Obama has nominated a new Director for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Apr 5, 2013 | Real Estate | 7
Attorneys general from nine states — including California’s own Kamala Harris — have called for the replacement of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA’s) acting director, Edward DeMarco. The FHFA dictates the actions of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (Frannie).
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2012 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 6
Did the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) make the right decision by banning cramdowns? No...
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