Overlays can also be used to target a specific type or class of borrower. To reduce risk, a lender might ask for a greater down payment than is originally required. Let’s look at credit scores as an ...

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President-elect Donald Trump faces a much different housing market than the red-hot one he enjoyed during his first term.

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Recent changes to Fannie Mae's bailout agreement with the Treasury Department are projected to smooth the path for its ...

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With close to half of the stocks in the hedge fund ending 2024 in negative territory, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings ...

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Mortgage finance firm Freddie Mac said on Tuesday James Whitlinger, who has been filling in as its interim chief financial officer since June, has taken on the role permanently.