Young professionals have a reputation in banking for hopping from job to job. So what exactly are they looking for? The same things as older peers: solid benefits and better pay, according to recent surveys.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is facing criticism from bankers and credit unions over its planned pilot program to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to securitize manufactured housing loans.
Demographic trends continue to fuel demand for apartments, and there is a large volume of 2007 vintage loans up for refinancing, says Jeffrey Hayward, Fannie Mae's head of multifamily mortgage.
Suspending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regular dividend payments to the Treasury, thus enabling the companies to replenish their reserve capital, would put their future on better footing.
