It might seem risky to go all-in on mortgages, but AGNC allocates 89.2% of its $78.9 billion portfolio to agency MBS assets that are backed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae. That government ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, which is mired in a sales slump as affordability constraints shut out ...

Although they might be more associated with casual investors, closed-end funds with high yields of over 10% can be identified ...

New home prices were reduced by 38% of builders in July, according to the National Association of Home Builders monthly ...

The founder of Figure is moving to recombine the company he split into two parts just a year ago ...

New home construction ticked up in June after hitting a five-year low in May — the lowest level since the thick of the ...

President Donald Trump accused the Federal Reserve under Chairman Jerome Powell of "choking out the housing market" in his ...

A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO ...

Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, dropped 4.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...

Bill Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Authority that runs mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

Freddie Mac has released its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing that average mortgage rates inched higher this week. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) now stands at 6.75%, ...

Private mortgage insurers must accept the FICO alternative as valid collateral before it can be widely adopted by the ...