FHFA directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to resume the MBS buying spree that President Trump requested in January.

Analysts suggest that the proprietary credit scores of the GSEs, if released prior to pooling loans into MBS, could serve as the basis for a new category of specified pool.

Even though FHFA Director Bill Pulte spent much of last year floating the idea of LLPA reform as a way to lower the cost of a mortgage, the new LLPA grids for VantageScore 4.0 were not accompanied by a reduction in fees for Classic FICO loans.

The FHFA director claims private mortgage insurers are excessively profitable and should return some of that money to consumers.

The ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs pressed FHFA Director Bill Pulte and HUD Secretary Scott Turner to describe their plans to enforce new restrictions on home purchases by Wall Street and private equity firms.

The FHFA director’s predilection for conducting official business on X provides housing-finance advocates a unique opportunity to lobby him directly.

Despite a presidential directive to buy more MBS, the GSEs’ combined MBS holdings have declined for three straight months.

VantageScore 4.0 is now available to all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sellers. And FHFA Director Bill Pulte is pondering ending the tri-merge standard.

Frustrated with FICO and the big three credit reporting bureaus, the FHFA director abruptly ushered in the era of two competing credit scores.