Forbearances Drop for Fifth Consecutive Week
The number of Americans currently in forbearance plans continues to decline, as the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by six basis points…
Category: Freddie Mac
Forbearance Plans Slide Below the 5% Mark
The total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by nine basis points from 5.05% of servicers’ portfolio volume to 4.96%, according to the latest…
New Forbearance Requests Slide to New Lows
One year into the pandemic, forbearance requests have dipped to their lowest levels since last March, as the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Forbearance and…
Layton: GSE Scorecard Brings Little Value to the Public
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently released its 2021 Scorecard, outlining specific conservatorship priorities for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprises or…
Upticks in Labor Market Breeding Consumer Optimism
The latest Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a measure of consumers’ views and forward-looking expectations of housing market conditions, declined in February by…
First-Time Buyers See Affordable Options in Manufactured Homes
Down Payment Resource (DPR), an Atlanta-based database for homebuyer programs, has released its Q4 2020 Homeownership Program Index (HPI), which finds that the number of…
Manufactured Housing: The Low Inventory Solution?
Demand continues to overshadow supply in the housing market, but a combination of manufactured homes and down payment assistance may ease this burden. The post…
FHFA Injects $1.09 Billion Into Affordable Housing
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced the disbursement of $1.09 billion for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s affordable housing allocations for 2020, marking…