Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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Fed Gov. pushes separate lending rules for community banks
Nov 09, 2012The threat of losing community banks in the home lending space, prompted Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke to propose the creation of a separate regulatory…
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Freddie Mac reports $2.9 billion third-quarter profit
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Great Recession creates 4.8 million renters
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MBA issues mortgage refinance slowdown warning
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Basel requirements could shift mortgage servicing rights
Oct 18, 2012 -
Housing recovery relies on continued government support
Oct 17, 2012 -
Fed’s Lacker sees QE3 mortgage bond buys as wrong economic cure
Oct 12, 2012 -
QE3 made sense, Federal Reserve’s Stein says
Oct 11, 2012 -
Beige Book cites widespread improvement in real estate
Oct 10, 2012 -
Elizabeth Duke: House vacancies block full economic recovery
Oct 08, 2012 -
Mortgage rates set more record lows
Oct 04, 2012
