The MBA noted that buyouts are capital intensive and can create liquidity stress for nonbanks, which don’t have large balance sheets to hold nonperforming loans for an extended period.

A lack of housing supply should help real estate investors in 2025.

Redfin said home prices have risen for three straight months.

The new scorecard highlights modest changes in the regulator's priorities for the GSEs.

Oaktree decided to focus on non-agency products to provide correspondents with loans they may not already have in their toolbox.

Bank of America remained the top originator of home equity loans in the third quarter.

Lenders supported the regulator’s decision to lower some of the goals from the 2022-2024 rule.

Because Fannie’s book of business is by far the larger, it’s more impacted by the stability capital buffer than Freddie.

Jon Jaffe, co-CEO and president of Lennar, noted that the firm took steps during the previous Trump administration to reduce the impact of tariffs.

Among many other issues, the shutdown would pause authorization for new flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program, potentially impacting home sales.