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What is Fannie Mae? All about America’s big mortgage market-maker
Fannie Mae, officially the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), is a government-sponsored enterprise that maintains liquidity in the mortgage market by buying loans from banks and mortgage ...
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Why U.S. multifamily CMBS growth expectations favor the Sunbelt
The multifamily property securities market is expected to stay resilient, despite weaknesses in certain markets due to ...
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What are mortgage-backed securities?
If you have a mortgage, you may be unknowingly participating in a mortgage-backed security (MBS). That is, your home loan may be part of a pool of mortgages that has been packaged ...
Why are mortgage rates still so high? There’s something more important than Fed policy at work
The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.
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Mortgage rates were expected to fall, but they’re surging. There’s a reason for that.
Most economists were expecting mortgage rates to fall over the course of the coming year. But rates have risen steadily over the last month, inching back up to 7% — and they’re expected to ...