When the FHFA appointed two new independent directors to the CSS board in January, it changed the balance of power in its favor.

Trade groups representing appraisers said the proposed automated valuations are really just rebranded desktop appraisals, not too dissimilar to the ones that helped crash the housing market in 2008.

The powerful consumer regulator said extending the compliance date of the general QM final rule will give lenders more time to use the GSE “patch.”

Of the lenders analyzed by hedge advisory firm MCT, 25% will be directly impacted by the $1.5 billion cap on the amount of loans Freddie and Fannie can purchase from each seller over any four-quarter period.

The co-inventor of the MBS says Fannie and Freddie should be regulated as utilities to improve their affordable housing and racial equity activities. He recommends Treasury use its equity to fund joint venture.

A change in plans for Caliber’s MSR sales? Looks that way but bidders will get another shot. Meanwhile, servicing values are firming up.

The surge in new business at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wasn’t accompanied by a comparable increase in profits for the two.

Treasury yields continue to rise. Will mortgage rates follow? Meanwhile, Fannie and Freddie lament the competition for top talent.

Is the business of servicing residential loans in need of a mortgage technology shake-up? Should Black Knight and Fiserv be worried? Meet Valon.

Industry insiders speculate on how the Biden administration might alter the recently amended preferred stock purchase agreement.