Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa, Chris Herbert
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March 22, 2023
The persistently wide homeownership rate gaps between Black, Hispanic, and white households mean that households of color are disproportionately excluded from the many…
Sharon Cornelissen, Daniel McCue, Raheem Hanifa
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January 5, 2023
Persistent racial and ethnic gaps in homeownership rates have recently led policy makers to create a range of programs and initiatives to expand and maintain Black…
Surging home prices and rising mortgage rates that have made it harder for all renters to become homeowners have had a particularly dramatic impact on Black renters. Indeed,…
On June 8, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), issued their first ever Equitable Housing Finance (EHF) plans. (Read the Freddie Mac…
On April 11, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the largest of the industry associations in housing finance, issued the results of its Annual Mortgage Bankers…
The four government mortgage agencies—Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (known as the two government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and…
The two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are in their fourteenth year of conservatorship, a legal status which puts their regulator, the…
The homeownership rate – currently around 65 percent, a level first reached half a century ago – is broadly regarded by policymakers as a core measure of whether the US…
The homeownership rate is broadly regarded by policymakers as a core measure of how well the US socioeconomic system is delivering a good quality of life for the typical…
On Thursday, January 13, the Senate Banking Committee held a nomination hearing for Sandra Thompson, now Acting Director, to be the permanent Director of the Federal Housing…
