A Senate hearing on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pilot programs is back on the schedule for the lame-duck session of Congress following the elections next month.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said it’s critical that the mortgage industry prepare now to implement both the Uniform Mortgage Data Program and the single security next year.

Fannie Mae recently introduced a new tool – the Loan Servicing Data Utility platform – to simplify investor reporting.

While the FHFA has proposed a formal rulemaking on GSE capital, the current standard known as the conservatorship capital framework has not been made public…

HUD Secretary Ben Carson had some sobering thoughts about low interest rates...

Cowen expects the next FHFA director to either terminate the GSE pilots or let them expire...

Otting is Comptroller of the Currency. The speculation is that he will pull a Mick Mulvaney and wear two hats for a while…

Freddie Mac recently confirmed that it will provide indirect financing of $51.3 million to Reven Housing REIT, a publicly traded company that owns and manages 824 single-family rental units.

The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – one recently departed, the other soon to leave – told attendees at this week’s annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association that a number of good things came out of the 10-year conservatorship of the two government-sponsored enterprises.

The FHFA IG says "a number" of director positions at Fannie and Freddie are set to expire: "Changes in leadership can lead to a lack of attention to internal controls..."