HUD cancels $4 million in DEI contracts; HUD DOGE task force recovers $1.9 billion of “misplaced” funds.

Most of the decline was in held-to-maturity accounts, but that may have been the result of an accounting reclassification.

Affordable housing advocacy groups may be using defective data to come to their conclusions about first-time homebuyers, according to a newly published research note.

White House plans call for half of the staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be cut.

Fees will increase for both state licensure and federal registration beginning March 1.

Ginnie Mae has no president and over the past weekend it lost 27% of its workforce. And delinquencies on underlying loans are rising. Time to worry?

But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pursued different strategies in their retained mortgage portfolios. (Includes data table.)

Freddie Mac’s superior performance in 2024 was largely due to higher profits in its multifamily business.

Banks are increasingly turning to nonbank partners to reduce their mortgage portfolios.

2025 may be the year that home equity investment products rapidly expand into the securitization market, according to HEI provider Hometap.