Fannie Mae Provides Financing for Simi Valley Apartments

Fannie Mae Provides Financing for Simi Valley Apartments

Decron Properties scored more than $80 million in refinancing for an apartment complex in Ventura County. The Los Angeles-based firm received an $82.9 million refinancing loan for the River Ranch apartments at... Read more »
AI Politics Reach Housing Finance As Fannie, Freddie Drop Anthropic

AI Politics Reach Housing Finance As Fannie, Freddie Drop Anthropic

The FHFA ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sever ties with Anthropic, signaling how politics and regulation may shape AI adoption in housing finance. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will sever... Read more »
Fannie and Freddie’s Low-Income Homebuyer Goals Dialed Back

Fannie and Freddie’s Low-Income Homebuyer Goals Dialed Back

Saying it wants to serve more middle class borrowers, the Trump administration is scaling back housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that are aimed at helping provide mortgages to low-income... Read more »
Fannie and Freddie Are Stockpiling Billions in Mortgages, Which May Push Rates Lower

Fannie and Freddie Are Stockpiling Billions in Mortgages, Which May Push Rates Lower

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have vastly increased their holdings of mortgage-backed securities in recent months, which may have ripple effects that could help push mortgage rates lower. Since May, Fannie and... Read more »

‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Discloses Major Stake in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Michael Burry, the investor who famously predicted the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007, says he holds major positions in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and believes the companies will soon... Read more »
FHFA finalizes new housing goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

FHFA finalizes new housing goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week announced a new final rule establishing affordable housing goals for the loan purchases of government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from 2025... Read more »
UWM, Better join Fannie Mae’s title insurance waiver pilot

UWM, Better join Fannie Mae’s title insurance waiver pilot

Leading U.S. mortgage lenders United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) and Better have joined Fannie Mae’s pilot program that waives lender title insurance requirements for certain refinance transactions, HousingWire has learned. The initiative, announced... Read more »
Trump 2.0 could privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Trump 2.0 could privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

CNBC's Diana Olick joins 'Power Lunch' with the latest on the incoming administration's plans for housing. Source link Read more »
Fannie Mae’s new version of DU to focus on credit risks

Fannie Mae’s new version of DU to focus on credit risks

Fannie Mae on Wednesday announced that its next version of the Desktop Underwriter (DU) software platform will be available for users on Jan. 11. The platform will feature “enhanced” risk assessment by... Read more »
Fannie Mae releases updates to Selling Guide

Fannie Mae releases updates to Selling Guide

The newly-updated Fannie Mae Selling Guide for November has aimed to modernize special property eligibility and underwriting considerations for leasehold estates, and it has revised the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE)’s project review requirements... Read more »