The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 calls for the end of the GSE conservatorships and a dramatically reduced role for the Fed.

With Kamala Harris now the frontrunner to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, industry experts ponder how closely her housing strategy might mirror that of the current administration.

Fitch Ratings sees relatively smooth sailing for residential MBS this year while times are tough in the CMBS market, and the worst could be yet to come.

Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi said movement in interest rates will be tied to how well deficit reduction is addressed by the next administration.

If former President Donald Trump is re-elected, there could be some drastic changes to the federal government’s involvement in the housing market, according to speakers at a Bipartisan Policy Center conference.

Panelists spoke Tuesday at an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

As the Trump campaign gathers steam, investors seem to believe that means the GSEs are more likely to be released from conservatorship.

Plaintiffs in Collins v. Yellen promptly informed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the former president’s recent letter to Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, possibly forestalling a decision by the court.

The former president claims he wanted to fire former FHFA Director Mel Watt and let Fannie and Freddie out of conservatorship.

Even though the Supreme Court issued its decision in the Collins case two months ago, lawyers for both the shareholders and the government prepare to make many of the same arguments again before the Fifth Circuit.