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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have continued to complete foreclosure prevention actions, and are close to achieving a milestone in the number of permanent loan modifications completed since the start of the conservatorships.

The FHFA has determined that borrowers eligible for principal reduction tend to be concentrated in communities across the country that have not yet fully recovered from the foreclosure crisis.

FHFA reported that the GSEs expect to meet the GSES' goals for the implementation of the first use of the CSP software later this year and for using the CSP to issue Single Securities in 2018.

For the last three years, the GSEs have engaged in a number of credit risk sharing transactions to transfer more risk to private investors; most of these transactions, however, have been of the back-end variety.

What does Ed DeMarco, acting director of the FHFA for four years, think is the most effective way to move the GSEs out of the FHFA's conservatorship?

It appears GSE reform may actually be on the horizon—or at least discussed regularly in Washington—thanks to a new bill proposed by Congressman French Hill (R-Arkansas).

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.

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?

The FHFA anticipates it will release more data regarding its non-performing loan sales by the end of June.

Are the guidelines for the buyers of agency non-performing loans too strict or not strict enough? There are risks attached to both, which makes it necessary to find a balance between the two.