The heads of mortgage industry trade groups are frustrated that the federal government is crowding out non-agency market participants.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in a case that could decide the fate of the CFPB; CFPB tracking lending trends from 2022 HMDA data; FHFA looks to expand activity involving mortgages with shared-equity features.

FHFA has delayed a switch to a bi-merge credit score process at the GSEs. Industry participants are still waiting for data that is needed to help with the transition to new scoring models.

A new study shows that the shift from the tri-merge to a bi-merge credit report will have a minimal effect on the average borrower’s credit score, at least using Classic FICO.

There’s nothing like a new capital proposal to fan the flames of speculation. Might possible changes in bank regulations alter the market for CRA loans?

Responses to FHFA’s RFI on GSE pricing almost unanimously condemn the capital requirements put in place by former Director Mark Calabria.

A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia this week handed GSE shareholders their first major win in their effort to recover some of their investment in Freddie and Fannie stocks.

Fannie and Freddie both shifted from a provision for losses in the first quarter to a benefit in the second. Almost all of that improvement took place in the enterprises’ single-family businesses.

Plaintiffs’ attorney Hamish Hume said he’s optimistic shareholders can persuade a DC jury that FHFA and the Treasury violated shareholders’ contractual rights when they agreed to implement the net worth sweep in 2012.

The Urban Institute wants Fannie and Freddie to view FHA as a partner and share their data and underwriting models to assist in FHA’s mission.