The GSE offloads its latest pool of risky loans to investors, which provides the opportunity for investors and reinsurers to invest in the U.S. housing finance system.

The Biden Administration has issued a new Playbook highlighting the importance of housing as a key driver of health outcomes and providing examples of how HUD programs are working to help.

A recent Senate Banking Committee hearing featured testimony from the FDIC, NCUA, OCC, and Federal Reserve, discussing protection of the nation’s banking and credit union system, and how to ensure the system equally serves all.

As climate changes expose more U.S. housing stock to potential flood damage, the Congressional Budget Office has issued an impact report encompassing homeowners with mortgages protected by the GSEs or backed by the FHA or VA.

Mortgage servicing proved to be a bright spot for independent mortgage banks in Q3, as roughly half of the companies MBA polled stayed profitable in the quarter, thanks to their production and servicing business lines.

Following a collaborative onboarding and integration cycle, this new partnership expands on an existing correspondent relationship to a strategic servicing partnership.

In its Annual Report to Congress for fiscal year 2023, the FHA detailed the work of its single-family mortgage insurance programs in fiscal year 2023, including updates on credit access, capital in the MMI Fund, and delinquency rates of mortgages in its portfolio.

After 21 years with the GSE, David Benson has announced that he will step down as President in early- to mid-2024, to be replaced by current Fannie Mae CEO Priscilla Almodovar.

An update to allowable inspection fees will increase compensation for inspections that determine a property’s occupancy status and safeguard neighborhoods from blight arising from inadequately maintained unoccupied homes.

In a letter to Mike Johnson, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 11 housing organizations have issued a letter to Congress to extend the authority of the NFIP by ensuring other vital housing programs do not lapse on November 17.