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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“The net result for housing is that these low and stable rates allow consumers more time to find the homes they are looking to purchase,” Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater said.
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Wall Street firms are again packaging and selling mortgages that the government-backed firms can’t or won’t back.
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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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The supply of entry-level housing in the U.S. is near a five-decade low, according to research by Freddie Mac.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer be charging a fee for refinance loans that was designed to offset the costs associated with the pandemic.
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Housing inventory in the Atlanta area, meanwhile, remained significantly below year-ago levels in April.
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Atlanta’s housing inventory fell to 7,571 homes for sale from 14,962 a year ago, according to the Atlanta Realtors Association.
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If Realtors, lenders and homebuyers are the stars of the real estate show, Fannie and Freddie are the unseen producers who bankroll the production from backstage.
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