housing finance

• Senate Hearing Will Address Secondary Mortgage Market Reform

  May 14, 2013

  Panel to take up housing finance reform with a focus on private investments.

• CUNA's Hampel: GSE Reforms Could Hurt CU Low-Income Lending

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 7, 2013

  House subcommittee chair blames "bad mortgages" in comments at hearing on government-sponsored enterprises.

• House Hearing on GSEs Proceeds as Snow Falls

  By Heather Anderson  |  March 6, 2013

  Panel to discuss how government policy at Fannie and Freddie played role in housing collapse and financial crisis.

• NAFCU: Proposed FHFA Fee Increase Damaging to Housing Markets

  By Heather Anderson  |  November 21, 2012

  Four out of the five states where the Federal Housing Finance Agency is considering an increase in mortgage guarantee fees do not have healthy housing markets.

• Executives Say Billion Dollar Mortgage Month Not a Spike at Navy Federal

  By David Morrison  |  November 21, 2012

  Credit union says it's the crest of a very strong housing year.

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  At BAI, Billionaire Branson Talks Move Into Mortgages: Onsite Coverage

  By Robert McGarvey  |  October 10, 2012

  WASHINGTON — Big banks now know: Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson has them in his crosshairs.

• Private Capital for Fannie and Freddie: FHFA Report

  By Heather Anderson  |  October 9, 2012

  FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco on Tuesday released a plan that acknowledges congressional discussions to transition capital and risk away from the feds.

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  Lending Regs a Big Focus of CFPB and NCUA in the Near Term: Onsite Coverage

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  October 2, 2012

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ready for action, attendees at the New Jersey Credit Union League meeting this week were told.

• 4 Things on the Minds of Housing Finance Executives: Reporter's Notebook

  By David Morrison  |  September 28, 2012

  Excitement, acceptance, anxiety and optimism. Veteran reporter David Morrison analyzes what he saw and heard at the annual ACUMA conference in Las Vegas.