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HUD, lenders offer aid after deadly Texas floods

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will make mortgage relief measures available in the wake of the Central Texas flooding disaster, joining others in the home lending community offering aid to hard-hit communities.  With President Trump issuing a disaster declaration for Kerr County, Texas, over the weekend, a 90-day foreclosure moratorium on properties backed […]

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Treasuries extend drop as pressures build on longer-dated debt

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Treasuries slipped across the curve Tuesday, pushing yields two to four basis points higher and the 30 year approaching 5% for the first time since May.  Yields have been rising as investors pare bets on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts following a jobs report that revealed a surprisingly resilient US labor market. Interest-rate

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Fannie, Freddie add VantageScore, keep tri-merge

The conservator and regulator of two influential government-related mortgage investors has announced a credit score other than FICO’s “classic” metric can be used when submitting loans to them. Effective immediately, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow lenders to use VantageScore 4.0, Bill Pulte said in an X post referencing one of two advanced credit

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