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Unemployed Homeowners to Get $3 Billion in Aid

Monday, March 14th, 2011

The Obama administration plans to make an additional $3 billion in aid available to help unemployed homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments.

Report Examines Private-Sector Lending in Housing Boom

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

A new report by the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shows that mortgage securities packaged by Wall Street firms and mortgage banks have had substantially worse outcomes than securities backed by the two mortgage titans.

Mortgage Rates Hit New Lows

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Mortgage rates declined again the past week, with the average rate on all four loan types reaching the lowest levels since Freddie Mac started keeping track, according to a weekly survey by the mortgage financier. Rates have fallen this year as the Treasury market has rallied. Higher Treasury prices means lower yields, and mortgage rates [...]

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