A report by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office concludes that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are more likely to hold successful public stock offerings now than when Trump first took office in 2020.

An OIG report found issues with reporting of appraisal bias by Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Home purchases are expected to increase next year as demand continues to be strong and rates fall slightly.

Automatically increasing the caps for loans to be eligible for sale to the GSEs increases access to mortgage credit, but at the expense of increasing home prices.

Old industry hands like Mike Calhoun of CRL and former FHFA acting Director Ed Demarco say getting the GSEs out of conservatorship might be more complicated than the Trump administration believes.

The former Freddie executive said eliminating mortgage servicing rights, or transferring them to the GSEs, would eliminate the need for nonbank mortgage servicers to make servicing advances on delinquent loans.

The Trump administration and Republican leadership in both houses of Congress will likely lead to the reversal of many Biden-era fair lending and equitable finance rules and guidelines, but affordable housing is still a bipartisan issue.

FHFA and CFPB insiders expect the new administration to make quick changes in agency leadership, a process made easier by Republicans gaining control of the Senate.

Despite low volumes and hints of trouble in the multifamily space, GSE profits remain remarkably healthy.

The FHFA announced an expansion of Freddie Mac’s pilot program that uses a fee-based structure as an alternative to repurchases of defective but performing loans.