There is a straightforward solution to preventing volatility in the market resulting from relying too heavily on the GSEs' risk transfer programs to ease the risk to taxpayers, according to one analyst.
Read More »Industry Groups Oppose ‘Piecemeal’ GSE Reform
A group of influential industry organizations petitioned FHFA Director Mel Watt opposing the approach that many lawmakers, housing advocates, and civil rights groups have called for recently.
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 »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 »Now Below 2016 Cap, Fannie Mae Portfolio Shrinks Further
The value of Fannie Mae's gross mortgage portfolio fell below its cap for 2016 in March; how much further did it contract in April?
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 »Mike Heid Elected to Fannie Mae Board of Directors
Heid served in several executive positions over nearly three decades at Wells Fargo.
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