30-year FRM stays essentially flat following seven weeks of downward drift
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) rate rose ever so slightly to 6.65% as of the week ending March 13, an increase from 6.63% the prior week, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS).
Sam Khater, chief economist at the company, note...
Industry groups applaud Bill Pulte’s confirmation as FHFA Director, pledge to work on U.S. housing affordability ‘crisis’
Now that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Bill Pulte as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), reports have it that Pulte’s top priority will not be removing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship.
Rather, he’ll focus on rooting out any f...