Secondary Market

Most everyone agrees that the conservatorships need to end, but cannot agree on how. What did a conservative coalition propose as the solution?

What change did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make to their benchmark mortgage modification interest rates, and how will this change help mortgage servicers?

The Q1 financial reports released by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this week have prompted even more intense questions as to the long-term sustainability of the FHFA's conservatorship of the GSEs, which was meant to be temporary but is now almost eight years old.

It may have been a tough quarter in Q1 for Freddie Mac financially, but at least their is one year-end goal that the Enterprise was already close to attaining at the end of March.

As the GSE conservatorship surges forward with no hope for reform in the near term, many in the industry cannot help but wonder what will happen next.

To date, Fannie Mae's CAS program has resulted in the transfer of credit risk on single-family loans totaling more than a half trillion dollars. What enhancements did Fannie Mae make to the program?

Freddie Mac did not need to take a draw on Treasury after all despite all the speculation in the last week about the Enterprise's declining capital buffer. But Freddie Mac's financial report for Q1 did not contain all good news.

FHFA's conservatorship scorecard called for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lay off a certain amount of risk on single-family mortgages in 2015. Exactly how much credit risk did they transfer?

The mortgage portfolios of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expanded slightly to start the year. Will this have an effect on winding the portfolios down while they are under the FHFA's conservatorship?

Fannie Mae has announced that later this year it will begin securitizing reperforming loans. What are the potential benefits of this move?