Fannie Mae foresees more competitive mortgage rates but a resilient "lock-in" effect to close the year.

Increased home sale activity will depend on millions of homeowners giving up their 3% rates, Fannie Mae economists say.

Fannie Mae CEO Priscilla Almodovar talks to MarketWatch about how the lock-in effect, high mortgage rates and climate risk ...

There are plenty of reasons to refinance, but avoiding an incoming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinancing fee now tops the ...

The most common home loan is a conventional mortgage, meaning it’s not insured by the federal government. Conforming ...

Rather, homeownership is all “about agency,” in the words of Fannie Mae CEO and president Priscilla Almodovar. At ...

Rocket Mortgage suggests using Fannie Mae's lookup tool to find your ... may be eligible along with single-family and manufactured homes. Both first-time and repeat homebuyers can qualify and ...

The introduction of quarterly price data for the segment arrives as a certain type of factory-built home attracts favorable ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today began marketing its most recent sale of reperforming loans as part of the company's ongoing effort to reduce the size of ...

Keep paying the home loan — if you can afford to — until ... "Safety and peace of mind are most important," a Fannie Mae spokesperson said in an email. "If the borrower is able to continue ...

WASHINGTON — Consumer optimism about falling mortgage rates pushed the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index to its highest level in more than two years. The September index rose by 1.8 points to ...