State housing market booms in July, local market sees 13 percent drop from June

State housing market booms in July, local market sees 13 percent drop from June

While the housing market in Lincoln County slowed in July, sales in New Mexico as a whole continue to post record numbers this summer.
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Michael Cohen Set to Plead Guilty Over Payments, Sources Say

Any cooperation deal, now or later, would be a potentially perilous development for Trump that could offer investigators a detailed view into the
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Grandbridge Real Estate names new president

… of the Mortgage Bankers Association and serves as Grandbridge's Fannie Mae chief asset manager and the Freddie Mac chief servicing officer and
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US ends government foray into Wall Street's rental home bonds

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Tuesday that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer provide financing
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Letter: Andy Boardman: Make Rhode Island's housing market more fair

Thank you for highlighting our state's housing shortage in your Aug. 18 editorial (“R.I. needs more homes”). The editorial correctly notes that
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Home Capital shareholder Kingsferry pushes for buyback

A shareholder is putting pressure on recovering mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. to buy back $60-million in shares and speed up plans to
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FHFA halts program expanding GSEs' role in rental market

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is ending single-family rental pilot programs that were aimed at testing the need for greater involvement from
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Cohen Admits to Illegal Contribution in Blow to Trump

Harry Sandick, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan said it's possible that federal prosecutors don't consider his information valuable or view him
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Contractors reassured over housing market slowdown

Contractors have emerged as about the only potential home-buyers to be insulated from discordant noises around the residential property market
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac End Single-Family Rental Pilot Programs

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will shut down their single-family rental pilot
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Salt Lake City mayor calls for new affordable housing incentives, expects 2000 new units by end of …

Some have labeled current housing market conditions “a crisis.” Recent research estimates that Utah has a housing gap of at least 43,500 dwellings
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Warren Seeks New Bureaucracy to Stymie Lobbying

The architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has unveiled her latest attempt to regulate behavior through enforcement: the U.S.
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AM Best Launches New Best's Review Online Edition

… credit risk and gives insight on the controversial pilot project run by Arch Capital and Freddie Mac, known as Integrated Mortgage Insurance.
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Fed Is Caught Between Phillips Curve and Yield Curve

… the question is how many of his colleagues share his view. My Bloomberg Opinion colleague Tim Duy believes that for now, the Fed is more likely to
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Analyst: Why Toll Brothers is a good pick in homebuilders

Jack Micenko, Susquehanna, discsuses how to approach homebuilder stocks in the current housing market. Watch CNBC Live TV
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What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers reported higher revenue and profit in the second quarter thanks to higher unit sales and rising home prices in most
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Federal housing agency employee secretly recorded director's sexual advances toward her: report

The FHFA oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Grimes told NPR that Watts began coming on to her when she needed his
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Paul Manafort Convicted at Fraud Trial in Victory for Mueller

A federal jury convicted Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, of tax and bank fraud, ending a tense legal drama
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Sen. Kennedy Says Citi, BofA, Are 'Hypocritical' on Gun Stance

… business with the firearms industry, and possible increased sanctions on Russia. He speaks with Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli on “Bloomberg Markets.
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US ends goverment foray into Wall Street's rental home bonds

In the last two years, Fannie and Freddie began participating in the single-family rental home market, in part by guaranteeing financing. Ending the
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