“The best thing we can do for the housing market is to restore price stability in a sustainable way and create a strong labor market,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
"He is hurting Americans and hurting the mortgage market, which I am responsible for regulating," Bull Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
The retail channel lost market share in conventional-conforming, government-insured and nonconforming originations in the first quarter of 2025. (Includes two data tables.)
Some 82 banks and thrifts completed repurchases and indemnifications of residential mortgages during the first quarter of 2025. Repurchase volume was down 16.3% compared with the previous quarter. (Includes data table.)