With both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac downwardly revising their projected economic growth for the full year of 2016, what do they expect for housing?
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Portfolio Gets a Little Less Delinquent
Wall Street has figured in another billion-plus dollar non-performing loan (NPL) sale for one of the GSEs.
Read More »Center-Right Coalition Urges GSE Reform
Most everyone agrees that the conservatorships need to end, but cannot agree on how. What did a conservative coalition propose as the solution?
Read More »Fannie Mae Announces Updates to Servicing Guide
What changes did Fannie Mae make to its requirements for servicers with regard to handling foreclosure proceedings?
Read More »More Distressed Borrowers are Keeping Their Homes
There has been a growing trend in the number and type of foreclosure prevention actions completed by the GSEs since the start of the conservatorships.
Read More »Servicers Get Some Help from the GSEs
What change did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac make to their benchmark mortgage modification interest rates, and how will this change help mortgage servicers?
Read More »Is the GSEs’ Status Quo Sustainable?
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.
Read More »Fannie Mae Avoids Freddie Mac’s Q1 Fate
The Q1 financial results for Fannie Mae contained much better news than the report of its fellow GSE, Freddie Mac, earlier this week.
Read More »What Should Be the Aim of GSE Reform?
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.
Read More »Fannie Mae Enhances Credit Risk-Sharing Disclosures
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?
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