Fannie Mae: Young Homebuyers Most Pessimistic in a Decade
With mortgage interest rates and home prices likely to increase this year, prospective homebuyers are turning more pessimistic than ever: a record low 25 percent of respondents in Fannie Mae’s latest monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index survey said it was a...
Fannie, Freddie Forecast Housing Price Slowdown in 2022
Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s respective economic forecast teams have issued their 2022 predictions, and both foresee a leveling off of last year’s meteoric home price growth across the nation’s housing markets as the Federal Reserve increases...Homebuyers Have Rare Chance to Save
For the next 60-odd days, some homebuyers have an unusual opportunity to find financing at a tad lower cost. The ceiling on mortgages that can be acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac changes annually at the first of the year. That’s important because when the two...
Biden Admin Outlines Plan to Boost Multifamily Financing
White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes, a response to the volcanic rise in housing prices over the past year. Millions of Americans are getting priced out of ownership or stuck spending the bulk of their income on...This Week’s Paper: Digital Edition
