Some critics argue that forcing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to intervene in the mortgage-backed securities market may indicate their recapitalization and release from conservatorship is now on hold.
With the administration considering ways to address affordability, industry trade groups suggested adjusting policies at the GSEs. There’s also debate between MBA and CHLA on credit scoring practices.
A new Urban Institute report found that as a bank’s ratio of FHLBank advances to total assets grows, so does its level of overall lending and mortgage originations.
Fannie and Freddie representatives gave attendees at the MISMO Winter Summit a better sense of the timeline for fully implementing UAD 3.6 and UCD 2.0.
Testimony from both liberal and conservative housing industry observers questioned the Trump administration’s policy regarding the future of Fannie and Freddie.
Trump seeks to bar Wall Street from the single-family market; more turnover in the FHLBank San Francisco C-suite; AI version of Trump narrates Fannie Mae ad.
The total delinquency rate on loans in agency MBS reached 3.71% at the end of 2025. The last time delinquencies were at that level was early 2021 as the market was recovering from the impact of the pandemic. (Includes data table.)
Truist is using an AI tool from Dark Matter Technologies for underwriting processes while having humans validate the results. Meanwhile, MISMO is working on a framework for AI.
Players in the non-agency market are touting the benefits of thoughtfully using artificial intelligence for debt service coverage ratio loans and residential transition loans.
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