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.

After projecting four rate cuts for 2025 at their September meeting, members of the Federal Open Market Committee now project only two rate cuts next year.

JPMorgan Chase had the most profitable mortgage-banking operation in the third quarter, with $633.0 million of income.

FHA is considering reimbursing servicers for tax and insurance advances earlier in the default process.

Georgia-based investment property lender has announced a new type of securitization backed by deferred-pay RTLs.

Fannie Mae projects that its issuance of credit risk transfer transactions in 2025 will be similar to issuance in 2024.

A group of 16 mortgage REITs held $196.29 billion of residential MBS on their books at the end of September.

Chase is marketing its first expanded-credit MBS with mortgages for primary residences.