Top officials at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extolled the major improvements made at the two GSEs over their decade in conservatorship, and a key Trump administration official reiterated his view that the gains should be preserved.

Issuance of new securities backed by commercial mortgages fell 4.9 percent from the second to the third quarter of 2018, according to a new Inside MBS & ABS market analysis. [Includes one data chart.]

Although legislative reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is dead for now, Ginnie Mae supporters continue to worry about what might happen to agency MBS spreads if the government-sponsored enterprises get an explicit guarantee on their MBS.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are questioning the logic behind a recent federal court ruling that appears to give investors in the government-sponsored enterprises’ stock a glimmer of hope in their legal battles with the federal government.

Thanks to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, multifamily securitizations surged 44.7 percent…

If the CFPB issues a rule on disparate impact, there could be far-reaching implications, said Andrea Mitchell, a partner at Buckley Sandler…

Freddie CEO Don Layton: Some 90 percent of the credit risk on multifamily mortgages is being transferred…

Loans from California account for the largest chunk of receivables at 18.3 percent...

But putting the negativity aside for a minute, there are a couple of bright spots in the industry: Servicing valuations and non-QM lending...

Nonbanks continued to gain ground in the GSE servicing market during the third quarter of 2018 as a number of mid-size firms posted big gains in their portfolios. [Includes two data charts.]