Guaranty fees as a whole have more than doubled since 2009, from 22 basis points to a record high of 58 bps in 2014, said the Federal Housing Finance Agency in a report released this week analyzing the fees. The 58 bps includes 15 bps of upfront loan-level pricing adjustments and 43 bps as part of an “ongoing fee.”Fees also jumped year-over-year as they were at 51 basis points in 2013. Two FHFA-directed increases in 2012 are the primary drivers for the sizeable increase from 2011, when the average fee was 26 bps, then rose in 2014. Higher fees have been met with strong resistance from originators...