Mortgages

The proposed reforms of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have gotten all the attention, but the administration also wants to scale back the Federal Housing Administration, expand its capital cushion and adopt risk-based pricing. Some of the ideas have former agency officials concerned.

The mortgage industry has put more emphasis on organizing data in a digital manner and presenting it in an easily digestible format.

Hispanics will make up more than half of new homeowners by 2030, and credit unions need to actively market to this demographic, according to a panel discussion at Inclusiv's annual conference.

Senate Democrats are warning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be careful as it considers changes to its mortgage underwriting rules.

The FHFA can go beyond a recent Trump administration report to level the playing field between the private sector and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

With the ongoing issue of the affordable housing crisis, the Mortgage Bankers Association – which many credit unions are members of – got behind the Build More Housing Near Transit Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Jun. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency is revising the multifamily loan purchase caps for the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase affordable housing.