Tag Archives: Freddie Mac

Commentary on the GSE’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic says it gave Congress options to assist homeowners, with one insider saying, “the private market can’t save us.”

The credit rating agency placed seven classes on Rating Watch Negative (and six related exchangeable notes) on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fannie Mae CEO Hugh R. Frater said this is “the start of an important new chapter” for the enterprise.

Since the first CRT transaction in 2013, Freddie Mac’s Single-Family CRT program has cumulatively transferred a portion of the credit risk on $1.6 trillion in mortgages.

Click through to see how regulators are attempting to keep the housing market functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here's how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assisted servicers and borrowers in the first quarter despite lost revenue.

Here's how homeowners experiencing hardship can extend their forbearance plan, and how they can avoid further debt.

With the GSEs working to leave conservatorship behind, DS News looks at the history, the stakes, and the likely scenarios ahead. Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the April issue of DS News

The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, is nearing its end, and set to expire sometime after 2021, with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR taking its place.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now completed 4.407 million foreclosure prevention actions since starting conservatorship.