The FHFA has adopted bank-like capital standards for Fannie and Freddie, but the result won’t be bank-like returns on equity, making a public stock offering for the two entities more difficult.

With combined assets worth about $6.1 trillion, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will need to set aside roughly $250 billion in leveraged capital in order to comply with the new rule.

Pushing back on the criticism, FHFA Director Mark Calabria said servicers appear able to withstand a substantially deeper economic downturn.

The adoption of CECL left Fannie with a loss of $1.1 billion at the beginning of 2020; but it only cost Freddie $240 million.

Small and women/minority-owned businesses servicing Freddie will receive payment on their invoices at least 20 days earlier than stipulated.

Consumer criticisms regarding mortgages topped the list of coronavirus-related complaints filed with the CFPB in April.

Impac Mortgage Holdings is about to unload what’s left of its MSR assets. Meaning?

The gap between when prepayment proceeds are received and when the funds must be transferred to agencies provides an opportunity for servicers to use the funds for forbearance-related advance payments.

A 91% drop in GSE earnings during 1Q has raised concerns about their second-quarter performance and exit from conservatorship.