In an upcoming webinar presented by the Five Star Institute’s Legal League, a panel of legal and government experts will examine trends in foreclosure volume, loss mitigation, and litigation challenges within the mortgage servicing space.
Read More »Fannie Mae Outlines New Groundwork for Single-Family Social MBS
The GSE has announced updates to disclosures for the company's Single-Family MBS to further enhance its mission to support access to credit and affordable housing nationwide.
Read More »National Property Preservation Conference Returned to Washington, D.C.
The annual National Property Preservation Conference once again brought together a cross-section of field services vendors, mortgage servicing professionals, and representatives of government agencies and the GSEs to “discuss pressing issues and develop solutions.”
Read More »Dropping Rates Should Boost Home Sales in 2024
Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group predicts a gradual return to a more “normal” housing balance in 2024.
Read More »Expert Insights: Maximizing Loss Mitigation Options
Donna Schmidt, Managing Director and Founder of DLS Servicing, discusses the intricacies and difficulties in administering the loss mitigation waterfall.
Read More »Q4 Single-Family Home Prices Increased More Than 7%
Quarterly, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.7% in Q4 2023, a deceleration from 2.1% growth in the third quarter.
Read More »Consumers Grow Increasingly Optimistic About Mortgage Rates
"Mortgage rate optimism increased dramatically this month, with a survey-high share of consumers anticipating mortgage rate declines over the next year," said Mark Palim, VP and Deputy Chief Economist at Fannie Mae.
Read More »Seriously Delinquent GSE Loans Drop in Q3
According to the FHFA’s Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report for the third quarter, the GSEs’ serious delinquency rate declined at the end of the quarter, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completing more than 43,000 foreclosure prevention actions during Q3.
Read More »Where Does Real-World Climate Action Begin?
“Storms, floods, fires, and heat waves are getting stronger and more frequent. They are making the human cost of our warming world all too real, especially for America's homeowners and renters,” said Tim Judge, SVP and Head of Modeling and Climate Change Officer for Fannie Mae.
Read More »Fannie Mae Forecasts Originations Rebound
As 2023 draws to a close, Fannie Mae predicts that single-family home sales have likely bottomed out and should grow into the next year.
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