The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday announced a new series of affordable housing grants totaling $13.5 million, which will go to support the creation of homes for low-income, first-time homebuyers as part of HUD’s Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP).

The federal judge overseeing a case brought by Texas Capital Bank (TCB) against Ginnie Mae has dismissed a portion of the bank’s complaint against the government-owned company but will allow the majority of the case to progress, according to court filings reviewed by RMD.Presiding Judge Matthew Kacs

U.S. property taxes on single-family homes rose twice as fast in 2023 as they did in 2022, with a total of $363.3 billion levied compared to $339.8 billion one year earlier. This is according to an analysis conducted by Attom, based on property tax data collected from county tax assessor offices nat

In the March rate update, we discussed why Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-sponsored Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) utilize two interest rates. The “expected rate” is unique to reverse mortgages and is calculated by adding the lender’s margin to the weekly average 10-year constant mat