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 ...

Single-family housing starts fell by 4.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 883,000 units, the weakest level since July ...

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 ...

The buyers, identified by Florida's Business Observer, secured Freddie Mac financing for the 50-year-old asset, which had strong occupancy.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are government-backed companies that help with housing market affordability. They buy home loans from banks, bundle them into investments, and sell them to raise money.

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 ...