More than eight in 10 Americans think it’s a bad time to buy a home, according to a new survey from Fannie Mae.
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Majority of Americans Believe It’s a Bad Time To Buy a Home, Says Fannie Mae. Here’s Why It May Not Get Better Anytime Soon.
“The share of consumers expecting home prices to continue to rise has also been on a steady climb since March,” said Fannie Mae’s Doug Duncan.
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FHFA rescinds “unworkable” fee ahead of implementation
The mortgage industry decried the proposed loan-level pricing adjustment for borrowers with higher debt-to-income ratios.
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Potential Home Buyers Are More Optimistic on Housing Market for One Big Reason, Fannie Mae Says
The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index rose in April to the highest level since May 2022.
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Understanding HUD and what it means for residential real estate
Any agent who works with a client who has procured Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans is effectively working for a HUD client. It’s essential, then, that agents know how to navigate the paperwork and bureaucracy of a HUD transaction, or know where to get help.
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Midterm Elections Could Be Critical for the Housing Market: One ‘Contentious’ Issue Has Split Democrats and Republicans
The Nov. 8 elections will determine which party controls the House and the Senate for the next two years. And the result will then impact a number of issues related to housing finance policy.
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FHFA announces conforming loan limits for Fannie and Freddie mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced its 2022 conforming loan limits (CLL) for conventional loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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New Appetite for Mortgage Bonds That Sidestep Fannie and Freddie
Wall Street firms are again packaging and selling mortgages that the government-backed firms can’t or won’t back.
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Fannie Mae Aims to Make Home Loans More Accessible
Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae is making it easier to include rent-payment history as part of the mortgage approval process, a move intended to help borrowers with limited credit histories get better access to home loans.
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Use this easy tool to become your local market expert
As real estate brokers, we need to understand our hyperlocal market, and there are ways that you can slice and dice the data so that you can provide the real picture for your clients in a very clear and concise way.
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