The remaining items on the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda for FHFA are primarily proposals affecting the Federal Home Loan Banks.

The housing goals include several benchmarks that have been reduced to reflect challenges in the mortgage market.

MBA revisits complaints about a new regulation that requires the GSEs to certify that third-party service providers are compliant with FTC rules covering unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

Researchers estimate that extending the TCCA fee for two years and reducing the size of conforming loan limits would reduce the federal deficit by nearly $15 billion over 10 years.

Trade groups point out that it sometimes takes days for lenders to get their collateral back after paying off a Fed advance.

Agency pass-through MBS remain the most popular asset in bank holding company trading accounts, but there was a sharp increase in agency multifamily securities during the third quarter.

GA-based lender and servicer Groundfloor hit the ABS market for the first time by issuing a securitization with deferred payments tied to residential transition loans.

In business for 40-plus years, FCI has stuck to its knitting of servicing delinquent and nonprime product. According to management, it’s secret sauce is focusing on state-of-the-art technology, including AI.

The new bonds help the GSEs reduce the amount of capital they must set aside under the enterprise regulatory capital framework.