With the first 21 offerings, Freddie Mac’s STACR issuances to date covered 29.38 percent of the agency’s total book of business.
Read More »Both Sides of the Aisle Urging GSE Reform
Just how big of an issue are the GSEs' dwindling capital buffer and the FHFA's almost eight-year long conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac becoming?
Read More »Fannie Mae to Publish Reperforming Loan Data
How are delinquent residential single-family mortgage loans modified by Fannie Mae performing after their modifications? The industry is about to find out.
Read More »Freddie Mac Unloads More Deeply Delinquent Loans
As part of its strategy to reduce the liquid assets in its mortgage portfolio, Freddie Mac has now sold $4.3 billion worth of non-performing loans.
Read More »Plaintiffs Score a Victory in GSE Profit Sweep Suits
Why did a panel deny the FHFA's request to transfer four cases involving the GSE Profit Sweep to a district court in Washington, D.C.?
Read More »Groups Call for Action on Housing Finance Reform
This week, housing finance reform is once again taking center stage as several industry stakeholders have expressed their concern about the risk to taxpayers while the GSEs remain in conservatorship of the FHFA.
Read More »What is Driving the GSE Default Rate Down?
Just how much has the credit quality of loans purchased by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac improved since 2008?
Read More »Fannie Mae Sells More Delinquent Loans to Non-Profit
Government agencies have have taken a lot of heat from advocacy groups, civil rights groups, and lawmakers in the last few months over the sales of delinquent mortgages to private investors. Fannie Mae went another route with its latest sale.
Read More »Fairholme: Status Quo Makes Another Bailout ‘Inevitable’
The Net Worth Sweep, or the sweeping of all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits into Treasury, has been under more intense scrutiny as of late.
Read More »Freddie Mac Keeps Making Taxpayers’ Load Lighter
While the conservatorships continue, so do the Enterprise’s initiatives to ease the risk for taxpayers by further involving investors in the private capital market.
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