When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? Forecast for Rest of 2025
Analysts revised their expectations for 2025 and 2026 to include higher mortgage rates, delivering bad news to aspiring homebuyers.
Powell says privatizing Fannie and Freddie makes some sense in the longer term
Powell gave at least a bit of support for the push to make mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac private businesses again. Under questioning, Powell said that putting Fannie and Freddie back into ...
Freddie, Fannie shares gain as Fed's Powell underscores importance of guaranteed 30-year mortgages
Shares of housing giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were on pace for a second day of gains as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to the importance of 30-year fixed-rate guaranteed mortgages ...