The gap between wages and homeownership costs widened in the second quarter of 2025, although it showed signs of stabilization on an annual basis.

The stock trading app has partnered with Sage Home Loans to offer discounted mortgage rates and benefits to Robinhood Gold annual subscribers.

The FHFA director’s social media posts echo President Trump’s criticism of the chair of the Federal Reserve for not lowering rates quickly enough.

FHFA’s efforts to monetize the securitization platform of the GSEs may provide entre to Wall Street banks and other competitors.

Advocates for GSE reform offered the Trump administration some useful guardrails to consider as it plots ending the conservatorships of Fannie and Freddie.

Starting in October, properties that are part of a condo project in insolvency proceedings will not be eligible for GSE loans. The rule applies immediately if the lender is already aware of the proceedings.

After 18 months in purgatory, the broker giant resumed GSE activity in June with a $173 million Freddie-backed refi for a Manhattan apartment building.

By some estimates, the average short sale or a foreclosure costs the GSEs $19,000 more than putting the borrower through a home-retention program.

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The trade association also offered several recommendations the CFPB should take up to provide some "flexibility" within the rule.