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...Last month, the government-sponsored mortgage finance agency Freddie Mac filed a proposal with its regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to enter into the secondary mortgage market, otherwise known...
...In the US, according to numbers from the Federal Trade Commission, there were nearly 26,000 reported cases of abuse of advance-fee loans last year, costing victims nearly $75mn....
...Would-be homebuyers who have been dreaming of Federal Reserve rate cuts might need to dial down their hopes....
...National accounts data suggests non-financial companies’ net financing costs have fallen 40 per cent since rates began rising, which may suggest rising interest income has been a big offset....
...Or the same Ben Bernanke who, as chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system, said in mid-May 2007 that he did not believe the growing number of mortgage defaults would seriously harm the...
...US inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in the year to March, another sign that price pressures remain stubbornly high, complicating the Federal Reserve’s plan to cut interest rates this year....
...Unhedged: You have spoken in the past about big banks as guardians of national prosperity....
...Should the deal be approved by a federal court, the politically influential association would pay $418mn in damages to home sellers and agree to changes to its rules that are likely to slash the commission...
...Finally, do read this revelatory piece by Uri Berliner, a senior journalist at National Public Radio, on how that institution has lost the American public’s trust....
...Long-term mortgages: Rising mortgage rates have been a big contributor to the UK’s cost of living crisis. Can long-term mortgages, a norm in the US, help solve the country’s housing crunch?...
...Mortgage rates for people coming off fixed deals are already falling, they added....
...National General implemented rate increases at 10% in 2022 and an additional 12.8% in 2023....
...But she is waiting for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, so that her mortgage will be cheaper. “I could make it work now, but I wouldn’t be able to travel or go out for nice food as much....
...US inflationary pressures are expected to have eased slightly in February, a development that would be welcomed by the Federal Reserve as it evaluates when to begin cutting interest rates this year....
...“Prices are still high, the tax burden is the highest it has been in 70 years and mortgage payments are going up,” she said....
...Since the Federal Reserve’s January policy meeting, chair Jay Powell has pushed back against market bets on rapid interest rate cuts....
...US Federal Reserve: Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice-chair for supervision, speaks at the National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Portland, Oregon. Five more top stories 1....
...Here’s a chart from the National Association of Realtors: The total sales number conceals variations at different price levels....
...Investors’ expectations on interest rates matter for voters’ borrowing costs, and the recent reversal has helped push new mortgage rates above 7 per cent....
...“That is bringing down mortgage rates in a way that we also really welcome. We know housing affordability continues to be a squeeze for so many Americans,” Brainard said....
...“The Federal Reserve simply cannot keep raising interest rates in light of softening inflation and weakening job gains”, National Association of Realtors chief economist Lawrence Yun said....
...Price gains in certain US cities have far outstripped the national average, which is up 6.7 per cent since its January low, according to the S&P Case-Shiller national index....
...As an amicus brief by the Mortgage Bankers Associations, the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors — not normally cheerleaders for regulation — observed, if the...
...Investing: A small German mortgage lender has become one of Europe’s most-shorted stocks because of its exposure to US commercial property....
...Monetary policy: New York Federal Reserve president John Williams will speak about the 2024 economic outlook in the New York City suburb of White Plains....
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