Mortgages

The Ohio special election is the latest sign that Democrats are well positioned to retake the House in midterm elections this fall.

The House Financial Services Committee has scheduled an FHFA oversight hearing for September in the wake of waste, fraud and abuse allegations.

The mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have to draw as much as $78 billion in the event of a serious economic crisis, according to stress test results released Tuesday by the housing regulator.

The biggest impact may be to focus the administration’s efforts on selecting a nominee to succeed Director Mel Watt, whose term ends in January.

But data privacy is likely to deter banks from partnering with the social media company; the online listings company wants to "reshape" the market.

The state became the first in the country to ask federal regulators for a temporary waiver, citing a shortage of available appraisers.

Wells Fargo estimates that in 400 instances, borrowers later went through foreclosure who were improperly denied or not offered a mortgage modification.

The three credit unions have assets of nearly $638 million and serve more than 53,000 members.

Banks aren’t the only ones that need to keep pace with digital innovation — government agencies must also work to stay relevant.

The administration’s recent report on fintech innovation discussed ways to adopt electronic promissory notes — or eNotes — and automated appraisals in federal mortgage programs.

Multiple agencies are looking into its purchase of certain credits tied to low-income housing developments, the bank said in a securities filing Friday.

Fannie Mae’s treatment of a reperforming loan package helped drive up earnings by almost 41% to $4.5 billion, delivering a stronger dividend to Treasury ahead of a leadership change.

The agreement was likely the last of the big cases to be cleared by the Justice Department, and Wells paid less than its peers did to resolve the lingering mortgage probes stemming from the meltdown.

Ten years after faulty mortgages upended the global financial system, Wells Fargo agreed to pay $2.09 billion to settle a U.S. probe into its creation and sale of loans that contributed to the disaster.

Freddie Mac produced modest second-quarter results, reflecting a stabilizing business that CEO Donald Layton compared to a utility company.

Lawmakers authorized a four-month extension less than a day before the program was set to expire.

Lawmakers authorized a four-month extension less than a day before the program was set to expire.

The agency said multiple stakeholders had requested more time to evaluate the proposal.

Industry veteran A.W. Pickel III became president of Waterstone Mortgage in June, and now the company has decided to promote him to succeed longtime CEO Eric Egenhoefer.

Some startups are eschewing San Francisco and New York to set up shop in the middle of America. And for good reason.