Representatives from organizations including FHFA, FHA, GSEs, and HUD all spoke during a virtual event this week by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). See remarks from FHFA's Mark Calabria, here. The facilitator of a virtual event Tuesday said, during a ...
Read More »FHFA Releases Latest Mortgage Relief Numbers
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Thursday released its Q2 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, since the 2008 start of conservatorship, completed 252,014 foreclosure prevention actions. Overall, that brings the number of ...
Read More »Announcing Laurie A. Maggiano Legacy Award Finalists
In a year of challenges, it’s all the more important to recognize excellence. One way we do this at MReport is our annual September Women in Housing issue. Packed with content driven by female mortgage leaders, within this edition we also announced the 2020 Keystone Award finalists.
Read More »Fannie Mae Offers Assistance to Disaster-Impacted Servicers
GSE Fannie Mae recently reminded those impacted by Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires that mortgage assistance and disaster relief options are available. Under Fannie Mae's guidelines for single-family mortgages impacted by a natural disaster, homeowners may request mortgage assistance ...
Read More »FHFA: Forbearance Plans Dominated May Foreclosure-Prevention Actions
The FHFA’s latest Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report breaks down the state of the landscape as we approached this summer, including delinquency rates, short sales, and other data.
Read More »Industry Reaction: Fannie and Freddie’s Adverse Market Fee
Both supporters and critics are weighing in on the “adverse market fee” or "market condition credit fee" introduced by the GSEs last week, under the authorization of the FHFA.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Doug Duncan Discusses Economic Landscape
This interview originally appeared in the August edition of DS News. Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist, Fannie Mae, is responsible for forecasting and analysis of the economy and the housing and mortgage markets. He also oversees strategic research regarding ...
Read More »Fannie and Freddie: Portfolio Update
Both GSEs issued their monthly volume summaries for June. How are their portfolios weathering the current economic challenges?
Read More »GSEs Report Boosts in Q2 Income
Nonetheless, Fannie and Freddie's Q2 results show that the pandemic's impact continues to be felt across several metrics.
Read More »Fannie Mae Offers Two New Single-Family Green MBS Issuances
The Green Bond program has generated roughly $40 million in transactions in its first three months.
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