Freddie executed its first five-year K-deals since 2016 and its first single-asset single-borrower securities in two years.

Alberto Musalem, a director on the Freddie Mac board, will soon have a seat at the table of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Measured by profits per employee, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are among the most successful companies on the planet.

A mortgage application in which both members are male is 8.9% less likely to be approved than if the co-applicants were of different sexes, according to new research.

The imposition of a fair-access requirement in the guidance could turn out to be a controversial issue. The Department of Financial Services has not determined an implementation deadline, though.

Changes to the Ginnie Mae program were included among 35 priority recommendations for fiscal 2024 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General.

The rapid runoff at the Federal Reserve’s overnight repo operations could mean quantitative tightening will end sooner than expected.

Hybrid work environments are expected to put pressure on CMBS loans for office properties over the next two years and lead to a growing number of properties failing to refinance.

The repo market continues to be a source of liquidity for nonbanks with large mortgage servicing portfolios. One recent transaction involves a $500 million credit granted to loanDepot by Goldman Sachs and others.

Ginnie Mae continues efforts to provide smaller financial institutions greater access to its securitization platform, Principal Executive Vice President Sam Valverde said last month.