Joseph Otting will be joining the Trump administration's "two-hat" club...

The news of Otting’s appointment and what might transpire afterwards did nothing to boost the share price of Fannie and Freddie common...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sellers had to repurchase just $173.34 million of home loans during the third quarter of 2018 due to defects in the origination process, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Trends. It was the lowest quarterly buyback total since the two government-sponsored enterprises began filing repurchase activity disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission in early 2012. There was, however, a 12.9 percent increase ... [Includes two data charts]

Repurchases of GSE loans by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sellers continued to decline in the third quarter, though the pipeline of unresolved buyback demands ticked higher. [Includes one data chart.]

Banks, savings institutions and credit unions held a combined $3.005 trillion of unsecuritizedsingle-family mortgages in portfolio as of Sept. 30…

Hindes’ piece is entitled “Fannie and Freddie didn’t get a bailout. It was a stick-up.”

Liquidity means access to cash – and is a chief concern of Ginnie Mae acting president Michael Bright as well…

Fannie Mae retains risk on the first 150 basis points of losses...

Clinton Jones has worked for the HFSC since February 2013. From 2007 to 2008 he was a registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae.

As one veteran industry lobbyist explained with a hint of ire: “You’re telling me that a bunch of lame duck Congressmen who lost an election are going to show up on the Friday before Christmas?”