Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped to prevent 60,592 foreclosures through various actions in the first quarter of 2025. Since being placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008, they’ve ...

A rush by U.S. homeowners to refinance at near record-low interest rates marks a rare bright spot for the mortgage industry, under attack for choking the economy with shoddy loans and botched ...

A decree of foreclosure and sale is a statement issued by a court indicating that a piece of property is to be sold when a mortgage has gone into default.

Borrowers may delay foreclosures but refinancing could still prove tough. Feb. 12, 2008— -- Help may be on the way for homeowners at the brink of foreclosure. Government leaders announced today a ...

WASHINGTON — A mortgage industry group representing small and mid-sized lenders urged Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to delay ending a home loan rescue program run by the VA ...

While mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures continue to increase in the Seattle area and nationwide, officials are touting their housing recovery initiatives and launching new ones. In April, 0.7 ...