The Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a request for information seeking industry comment on the GSEs’ plans to support underserved communities under their duty-to-serve obligations.

Fannie Mae said the new Uniform Residential Appraisal Report will depend on six new property characteristics data points to let users know what information to provide.

Properties backed by Freddie Green MBS issued in 2023 saved enough energy to power 2,051 homes for a year.

Industry veteran Michael Stegman wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be more transparent about the impact of their rent reporting pilots.

Fannie Mae last week notched its fifth Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction of the year, a $285 million deal covering a pool of 34,000 single-family mortgages.

Defects related to liabilities on student loans, income/employment verification and the appraisal process topped the list of items Fannie warns lenders to keep alert for.

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Older Americans could hold on to their single-family homes longer than earlier expected, according to panelists at this week’s Bipartisan Policy Center conference.

Euclid Mortgage will provide underwriting services to reinsurance companies that want to diversify by taking on mortgage risk.

There’s new chatter that no matter who occupies the White House come January, change may finally be in the air. But the key to ending the almost 16-year-old GSE conservatorships is to figure out how to placate MBS investors.