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The average long-term US mortgage rate slipped this week below 6% for the first time since late 2022, good news for home shoppers as the spring…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to carry out purchases

First-time buyers are taking out larger mortgages than ever before as rising wages and looser affordability tests allow them to buy properties that were previously beyond…

For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence. President Donald Trump branded one…

Cook’s lawyer says the criminal referrals against her ‘fail on even the most cursory look at the facts’.Published On 17 Nov 202517 Nov 2025Click here to…

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his “principal residence”, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,…

Donald Trump has been accused of wielding unconfirmed allegations of mortgage fraud as his “weapon of choice” to attack the Federal Reserve’s independence, as a governor…

Donald Trump has fired Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook over allegations she committed mortgage fraud, the latest escalation in the US president’s attack on the central…

Donald Trump and his allies have been accused of executing a “pattern of lawfare” akin to those exerted by authoritarian regimes in Hungary and Russia after…

The typical summer lull in Britain’s housing market has been avoided amid the availability of bigger home loans fuelling a “buyer’s market”, according to a property…