For the past eight months, I have been reading how the housing market is collapsing with record lows in sales, loan originations, first-time homebuying markets, and new construction. It all appears to ...

If you’re a first-time homebuyer who hasn't saved enough to make a large down payment or are concerned you might not qualify for a conventional home loan, a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan ...

On October 31, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced, after a multi-year effort, the inclusion of policies for its Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program in the Single-Family ...

Frank Cassidy, who is currently principal deputy assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will ...

WASHINGTON — As the House Financial Services Committee starts voting today on a bill designed to stabilize mortgage markets, even supporters concede key issues remain unsettled. Two big questions: How ...

The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices asked lending officers from 64 institutions for information on changes in lending standards and demands for loans ...

Whether it is a house, a bushel of wheat, or a share of stock---when a buyer and seller come together an item trades hands. A lower price will always benefit the buyer. Is that the case in the labor ...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Wednesday addressed a series of commonly-asked questions from stakeholders related to recent guidance the agency has issued, aimed at providing relief for ...

The government's mortgage insurance agency is doing a poor job of screening lenders that enter the program, an internal audit has found. The audit was completed last month by the Department of Housing ...

The Federal Housing Administration announced that its reserves might not be able to cover projected losses, raising the prospect that the agency could ask for a taxpayer injection for the first time ...