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Johns Hopkins University's faculty diversity program renamed to honor legacy of Fannie Gaston-Johansson

Family, friends, and colleagues gathered April 19 at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing to celebrate one of its icons, the namesake behind the Fannie Gaston-Johansson Faculty of Excellence ... read more

Turning Fannie Mae into a title insurer won't solve housing challenges

The Biden administration's proposal to waive title insurance requirements for mortgage lenders would undercut an efficient system that offers homebuyers important protections. read more

Florida’s Home Insurance Industry May Be Worse Than Anyone Realizes

Her insurance company, Avatar Property and Casualty, covered the cost of some repairs. But the roof continued to leak and mold grew inside the house, she said. Ravelo sued Avatar to compensate her for ... read more

Mortgage Interest Rates Today, April 24, 2024 | Rates Still Slated to Go Down This Year

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are likely to remain elevated in the near term, but they may still drop this year as inflation slows. read more

Fannie Mae Announces Tender Offer for Any and All of Certain CAS Notes

Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) today announced that it has commenced fixed-price cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and, collectively, the "Offers") for the purchase of any and all of the Connecticut ... read more

Fannie Mae Announces Scheduled Release of First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today announced plans to report its first quarter 2024 financial results on Tuesday morning, April 30, 2024, before the opening of U.S. financial markets. read more

Fannie Mae’s New Mortgage-Scoring System Aims to Lift MBS Demand

Fannie Mae is selling agency mortgage backed securities designed to appeal to socially minded investors, as the mortgage giant looks to draw more buyers into the market to help fill a void left by the ... read more

Stubborn inflation to keep rates ‘higher for longer’: Fannie Mae

Economists have marked down their estimates for the number of quarter-point cuts to the federal funds rate from as many as six to one or two. read more

Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation Keeps Rates Higher

Economic and inflation data have remained stronger than expected, pushing interest rates higher and financial markets to price in fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, according to the Fannie Mae ... read more

Fannie Mae Weeds Out "Prohibited or Subjective" Appraisal Language

As part of its ongoing effort to scan appraisal reports for “prohibited or subjective language,” Fannie Mae issued a recent progress report on a process to rid appraisal reports and valuation ... read more

Fannie Mae to issue RFP for Title Acceptance pilot

On April 12, the FHFA announced plans to test a pilot program that would permit lenders to forego a lender’s title insurance policy or an attorney opinion letter for some refinance loans sold to ... read more

Fannie Maurine Sizemore Warner

Fannie Maurine Sizemore Warner of Hallsville passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Longview at the age of 91. Fannie was born January 27, 1933, near Bomarton (now on the list of Texas ... read more