The Inspector General assigned to watch the Federal Housing Finance Agency is “actively investigating” possible fraud in mortgage securitization, loan origination, servicing and loss mitigation activities, the IG said during a hearing in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee this week. FHFA Inspector General Steve Linick reiterated observations in his organization’s semiannual report released last week that the FHFA sometimes shows “undue deference” to the government-sponsored enterprises and has not always been as proactive in its oversight as it should have...