Lending

"Conservatorship is safe. An explicit guarantee is safe. Keeping Fannie and Freddie as they are and privatizing them is a dangerous experiment."

Government loans can help CUs reach first-time homebuyers and individuals who may not have pristine credit.

Experts reveal good interest rates are no longer enough for credit unions to build mortgage business.

Real estate originations increase in 2018 in the South, Midwest and Mountain states, but fall in the Pacific and Northeast.

The volume of loans to people who are buying homes to renovate and resell rises to about $20 billion in 2018.

CUs show interest in the program as the demand for "social impact and environmentally sustaining investment" services grows.