President Barack Obama has turned to a longtime Congressman to run the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the supervisory agency created in its current form in 2008 in response to the bursting of the housing bubble and subsequent financial crisis ...

On March 29, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposed consideration of new regulation on lender-placed insurance.

President Obama named Rep. Melvin Watt (D-North Carolina), to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has become an important economic-policy post in Washington because the agency serves as the warden of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which own or guarantee about half�or $5 trillion�of all U.S.

Housing regulator lifts objection to $8.5 billion BofA deal. The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Friday withdrew its conditional objection to Bank of America Corp's proposed $8.5 billion settlement with investors in Countrywide mortgage-backed ...

President Barack Obama is expected to tap a North Carolina congressman to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, CNBC reported.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward DeMarco outlined two strategies on Thursday to help draw private capital into the housing market to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

"One of the best things I can do is to nominate Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency," Obama said.

�So why is this man, who was appointed as a Federal Housing Finance Agency deputy director by President George W. Bush, still wielding so much power as head of this important agency?

Washington, DC - April 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an ...