FHFA Director Bill Pulte touted possibility of a 50-year fixed-rate mortgage. Also under consideration: transferable and portable mortgages.

The administration’s firing of FHFA’s acting inspector general comes on the heels of the departure of several GSE executives and news that most of the ethics and internal investigations team at Fannie have been laid off.

The Trump administration continues to tease a 2025 capital raise for the GSEs but industry experts remain skeptical this can be done in a safe, sound manner.

The prospects of a year-end stock offering didn’t prevent the wholesale reshuffle in Fannie Mae leadership.

Although the Trump administration says it wants the GSEs to help accelerate development by the big homebuilders, the topic barely registered during recent earnings calls.

Fannie Mae Chief Operating Officer Peter Akwaboah will serve as acting CEO, pending a search for Priscilla Almodovar’s successor. EVPs Brandon Hamara and John Roscoe will serve as co-presidents.

Mortgage industry stakeholders pump the breaks on GSE reform while the administration still seems to have its foot on the gas.

The FHFA released its first strategic plan under the auspices of Director Bill Pulte. The plan reveals some differing priorities compared with the FHFA under the Biden administration.

A good year for FHLB’s affordable housing programs; New York law evens up treatment of insurer and bank members; Freddie sells NPLs.

Neither Fannie nor Freddie issued any green bonds in the third quarter, though social bond issuance has been relatively healthy.