Tag Archives: FHFA

Hensarling and Shelby said campaigns that criticize the open and competitive NPL sales process are “based on a false notion that doing so is somehow contrary to the goal of ‘neighborhood stabilization.’”

FHFA has been considering the possibility of offering principal reduction to underwater homeowners since long before Mel Watt became Director of the Agency two years ago. Why have they taken so long to make a decision?

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said it was looking for a "responsible solution" to the issue of mortgage debt reduction.

Since the Great Recession, home prices have been fighting their way back to peak levels reached prior to the crisis and some markets' home prices have more than recovered.

The money will go toward providing construction and rehabilitation of affordable rental housing units for low-income families.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac returned to profitability in 2012. Since then, their net expenses have increased by more than $1 billion combined.

The number of REO properties has substantially declined over the last few years, but it remains elevated in some pockets,

The year 2015 was a landmark one for the GSEs as they ramped up programs to excise non-performing loans from their single-family portfolios.

A group of 45 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked housing regulators to make improvements to the way the government handles the sales of non-performing loans. What did they request?

While a recent speech by FHFA Director Mel Watt has fueled speculation that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be recapitalized and the conservatorship will end, Treasury said that no policy change is imminent.