The GSEs have made helping families avoid foreclosure a top priority since the housing crisis hit the nation seven years ago.
Read More »Freddie Mac Completes Second Non-Performing Loan Sale Worth More than $1 Billion
The loans are three years delinquent on average and approximately one-third of them have previously been modified and subsequently became delinquent.
Read More »Expanded Loan-Level Dataset Aimed at Helping Investors Support Credit Risk Offerings
“Releasing this data now will help give potential credit investors sufficient time to analyze Freddie Mac's actual loss performance,” said Kevin Palmer, SVP of Credit Risk Transfer at Freddie Mac.
Read More »Lawmakers Urge FHFA Director Watt to Consider More Risk Sharing Options
To date, the majority of credit risk sharing activity by the GSEs has been the back end variety. Representatives Stivers and Moore want to know if the FHFA plans to incorporate more front end risk sharing.
Read More »Freddie Mac’s Mortgage Portfolio Expands for Ninth Straight Month
Expansion was rare for the GSE's total mortgage portfolio from 2010 to 2014. But in 2015, it has been the norm.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Portfolio Continues Rapid Contraction
The GSE's gross mortgage portfolio has expanded in only three of the last 64 months since June 2010.
Read More »GSEs’ Maximum Conforming Loan Limits Will Remain Largely Unchanged for 2016
The FHFA has announced Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's maximum conforming loan limits for next year, and they will remain the same in most of the country. What areas will see an increase?
Read More »FHFA Piloting Independent Resolution Process for Disputes Over Defective Loans
The disputes involve the FHFA requiring financial institutions to repurchase faulty mortgage loans they sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the years leading up to the financial crisis.
Read More »Freddie Mac’s Credit Risk Transfer Continues With Last Offering of 2015
Freddie Mac's latest Structured Agency Credit Risk offering is the Enterprise’s eighth of the year and 17th overall since the program launched in 2013.
Read More »Activists Urge FHFA to End Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Is the FHFA's conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac weighing down homeownership?
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