According to the former FHFA chief, given the state of the mortgage and equity markets, Fannie Mae won’t survive another round of home price depreciation.

FHFA and Treasury haven’t discussed how to make the 2021 changes to the PSPAs permanent or whether to ease the capital requirements for the GSEs.

Trade groups are resigned to whatever model FHFA chooses, but they need data on how it performs compared to FICO to set up their own systems and procedures.

Donna Corley, Freddie’s head of single-family, said borrowers will soon be able to use the Choice Renovation product to finance the construction of accessory dwelling units and count the rent toward income.

Hundreds of organizations and individuals will compete for seed money to support their plans to advance equity in housing.

With their unguaranteed subordinate tranches, the K-series was the first enterprise security to transfer credit risk to private investors.

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now a member of an organization that says climate change poses a serious risk to the financial system.

Non-QM originators are seeing better bid prices for their wares but is it enough to turn a decent profit? Or is “breakeven” the order of the day?

The Mortgage Bankers Association has asked the SEC to review the margin requirements in Rule 4210, arguing that lenders use to-be-announced securities to hedge their interest rate exposure rather than for speculation purposes.

It could be years before the Fed sells any of its holdings of agency MBS, according to John Williams, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.