The liquid assets required of nonbank seller/servicers will rise from 3.5 basis points to 4.0 bps for the unpaid principal balance of their enterprise servicing.
SIFMA said the Ginnie-like market structure proposed by FHFA isn’t appropriate for conventional MBS. Moreover, the plan doesn’t address the continued misalignment of MBS issued by Fannie and Freddie.
Among the more interesting changes: the FHFA, for the first time ever, is asking GSE customers to hold capital against the dollar amount of Ginnie Mae mortgages they service: 35 basis points.
Since the launch of the single security, investors have increasingly turned to the use of specified pools rather than the TBA market, said Bob Ryan, a former FHFA official and one of the architects of the UMBS.
Policy changes impacting 15% of GDP in an election year are inherently risky, according to Isaac Boltansky of Compass Point. The result, he said, is likely to be “a long and winding road” toward housing-finance reform.
The bulk of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s prevention actions were aimed at home retention, with 20,370 loans modified, repayment plans negotiated on 5,965 delinquent loans and 3,328 units receiving some sort of forbearance.
To make sure property markets aren’t creating excessive systemic risk, it’s important for regulators to look at the issue broadly, said FHFA’s Mark Calabria. That’s where an activities-based approach is critical.
FHFA Director Mark Calabria walked back the idea of using a consent decree as part of the agency’s plan to recap and release Fannie and Freddie from conservatorship.
The proposed rule seeks to modify the minimum thresholds, frequency and number of scenarios required to bring the stress test rule for regulated entities in line with new rules that apply to other financial institutions.