Automatically increasing the caps for loans to be eligible for sale to the GSEs increases access to mortgage credit, but at the expense of increasing home prices.

Housing experts ponder how the Trump administration will impact lenders and the housing market.

If past is prologue, the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s plan to hire as many as 141 employees may only be aspirational.

The former Freddie executive said eliminating mortgage servicing rights, or transferring them to the GSEs, would eliminate the need for nonbank mortgage servicers to make servicing advances on delinquent loans.

The Trump administration and Republican leadership in both houses of Congress will likely lead to the reversal of many Biden-era fair lending and equitable finance rules and guidelines, but affordable housing is still a bipartisan issue.

Chairs of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs lose re-election bids; HUD announces sale of residential loans on non-vacant properties; FHA issues standards for flood risk management tied to minimum property standards; FHA appraisal data added to Uniform Appraisal Dataset.

FHFA and CFPB insiders expect the new administration to make quick changes in agency leadership, a process made easier by Republicans gaining control of the Senate.

FHFA Deputy Director Naa Awaa Tagoe announced several policy changes impacting the GSEs.

FHFA plans for board structure changes; Justice Department sues Rocket over refi discrimination; Redwood markets jumbo ARM securitization; LoanCare launches digital recapture product.

The list of challenges facing FHFA include the GSEs’ multifamily business, the Office of Inspector General said in a new report.