With self-employed borrowers an important and growing part of the mortgage market, Freddie Mac is working to meet their needs while maintaining underwriting standards.
Read More »FHFA’s Final Rule on Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security
As part of its goal to improve the predictability of cash flows to MBS investors, FHFA has announced its final rule for the single mortgage-backed security issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Click through to learn more.
Read More »A New Vision for Housing Finance Reform
A working paper gives its take on housing finance reform and the role of the GSEs in the market. Click through to learn more about the recommendations made.
Read More »Fannie and Freddie’s 2019 Goals
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has big plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read the Agency's expectations for the GSEs are in the coming year.
Read More »A Matter of Succession
Click through to learn what Hugh Frater, Interim CEO of Fannie Mae had to say about Plutzik, who succeeds Egbert L.J. Perry as Chair of the Board of Directors.
Read More »FHA’s New Loan Limits
Here’s a breakdown of how FHA’s loan limit ceiling will increase across various housing markets.
Read More »Another Look at GSE Credit Score Models
What are the four steps proposed by the FHFA to validate and approve the credit score models used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Read More »G-Fees at the GSEs
A new FHFA report parsed through the numbers to give insights into the changes in guarantee fees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Read More »RMBS in 2019
A report looked at the opportunities and headwinds in the residential mortgage-backed securities market and here’s what it projected for these securities in 2019.
Read More »Examining FHFA’s Capital Standards Proposal
A brief analyzing FHFA's recent proposal on enterprise capital looked to answer two key questions on risk and capital requirement across the business cycle.
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