Tag: Housing

The mortgage buyer, still under government management, posted a loss of $200 million in the first quarter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Freddie Mac narrowly avoids tapping Treasury for money

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2016 4:40 pm

Mounting student debt burdens is not keeping young people from buying houses, according to a new study (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Student loans not holding back homeownership, Fed data shows

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2016 3:23 pm

The grants follow a report the White House released last week to show that lengthy prison sentences for non-violent offenders hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Feds dole out $1.75M to help juvenile offenders

Nicole Duran · April 25, 2016 11:54 pm

Investors and economists in the government watch the new home sales numbers closely because they are a leading indicator of the health of the housing market and the construction industry. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

New home sales fall short of expectations in March at 511,000 annual pace

Joseph Lawler · April 25, 2016 2:02 pm

The Vermont senator's proposal features most prominently a $5 billion annual minimum contribution to a federal affordable housing trust fund. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Sanders rolls out housing plan featuring souped-up trust fund

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 10:23 pm

Richard Shelby asked the comptroller to investigate issues touching on the question of whether Fannie and Freddie should be recapitalized and released from government's ownership or whether they should be shuttered. (AP Photo)

Fannie and Freddie to get new scrutiny

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 6:15 pm

Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the program "will allow an opportunity for delinquent, underwater borrowers in these areas to avoid foreclosure and save their homes." (AP Photo)

Feds announce program to cut debt of underwater homeowners

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 9:20 pm

Goldman Sachs settles mortgage fraud case for $5 billion

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2016 6:10 pm

Whether the Federal Housing Agency, as the government caretaker of the bailed-out mortgage giants, will allow reductions in the principal of home loans has long been a controversy. (AP Photo)

Fannie, Freddie regulator promises decision on reducing mortgage balances soon

Joseph Lawler · March 22, 2016 5:42 pm

We need to help policymakers get away from this mindset that our ample housing subsidies benefit the economy by creating jobs building homes. If we spent less on housing we'd spend more somewhere else in the economy.

Time to get rid of the myth of homeownership

Washington Examiner Staff · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling criticized the federal regulator responsible for the two companies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmaker: Fannie, Freddie sowing seeds for next crisis

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2016 7:59 pm

The lumber used to build houses is one area that U.S. and Canada have not reached a deal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

A nasty trade ‘irritant’ interrupts Trudeau’s visit

John Siciliano · March 10, 2016 7:06 pm