A pop quiz: What backstops $2 trillion in mortgages, earns $1 billion-plus per year but still doesn’t have a permanent boss?

Have Federal Reserve policies, and the flood of refis that they’ve created, permanently altered MBS markets?

As the clock winds down on the Trump White House, the GSE regulator continues to pull levers. Just not the big one. Credit: Steve Mnuchin.

More non-agency originations, lower market share of non-QMs and securitization of riskier loans are likely consequences of the CFPB’s new QM standards.

Freddie issued its first multifamily K-deal in which both the floating-rate bonds and the underlying mortgages are indexed to SOFR.

The use of LIBOR as an index is slated to end in just under 13 months but the benchmark administrator has other ideas. One issue: legacy contracts.

Wall Street’s mind has been put to ease regarding an expedited conservatorship exit for Fannie and Freddie but concerns remain.

A new White House and a new Treasury secretary means exactly what for Fannie and Freddie? We’re about to find out...

The announcement comes just a week after Fannie reported a similar error. However, in Freddie’s case, the prepayments only impacted nine pools.

The top officer of Ginnie Mae announced his resignation this week as the nation gets ready for a new occupant in the White House. A successor? Not yet.