Tag Archives: Freddie Mac

As FHFA notes, natural disasters could result in increased delinquency rates, default rates, credit losses, credit-related expenses, and loan loss frequency and severity.” The FHFA will accept feedback for its RFI through April 19.

The original expiration date was January 31. Here's the latest details on the moratoria from the FHFA and Director Mark Calabria.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a final rule to the Federal Register for publication today that establishes a new regulatory capital framework for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, also known as the Enterprises. The final rule makes changes ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced a one-month extension of its temporary policy of allowing the purchase of certain single-family mortgages in forbearance that meet specific eligibility criteria as set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The policy, ...

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 ...

Even as businesses begin to reopen, the unemployment rate remains a cause for concern among economists. That makes for much fiscal uncertainty. But despite weakness in the labor market, the housing sector remains robust—it has been reported over the past ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Both GSEs issued their monthly volume summaries for June. How are their portfolios weathering the current economic challenges?