Federal layoffs may soon come for America’s largest mortgage insurer, a powerful engine of the country’s housing market.

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Staffing cuts at the FHA threaten to disrupt an agency that has historically insured more than 10% of the market.

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U.S. single-family homebuilding fell sharply in January amid disruptions from snowstorms and freezing temperatures, with a ...

Mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, but so did mortgage demand, as housing affordability continues to sideline ...

The average rate fell to 6.87% from 6.89% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, it averaged 6.12%, ...

According to a recent report by Redfin, cash purchases accounted for about one-third of home purchases in 2024. That percentage may not fall much further, economists say.

This is an indication that a thaw in buyer activity could be on the horizon,” Freddie Mac writes in its mortgage report released Thursday. (See some of the best mortgage rates you can get now ...