Mortgage financing firms Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are set to impose stricter rules for commercial property lenders and brokers. Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today reported its second ...

(Reuters) - Mortgage financing firms Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are set to impose stricter rules for commercial property lenders and brokers, following a budding regulatory crackdown on ...

In addition to conventional loans becoming scarcer, they’ll also be more challenging to qualify for. Fannie Mae’s new guidelines will tighten underwriting criteria for investment properties ...

Fannie Mae (OTCQB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTCQB ... owned or guaranteed ~40% of the $2.2T in multifamily mortgage, the WSJ ...

As a result of the subprime lending crisis, which coincided with a historic drop in housing prices, the pillars of the mortgage banking industry are now essentially government-owned. Fannie Mae and ...

Unlike those mortgages, a jumbo loan is not eligible to be purchased, guaranteed, or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac ... jumbos still must meet the guidelines of what Regulation Z ...

You may have heard that you can request forbearance for up to a year if you have a government-backed mortgage ... rules about repayments. However, people borrowing through Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

Except for jumbo loans, all loans conform to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines. Some loans are designed for low- to moderate-income homebuyers or first-time buyers. Others such as Veterans ...

Hedge funds still won't be able to sue the US government for seizing profits made by the mortgage-loan companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after their post-recession bailout. A federal appeals ...

The federal government chartered Fannie Mae in 1938 and Freddie ... and subprime lending soared. This subprime lending was more than a minor relaxation of existing credit guidelines.