Fannie and Freddie Crank Up Multifamily CRT March 13, 2020 Dennis Hollier Over the past six weeks, Freddie has issued eight multifamily offerings totaling $6.1 billion, and Fannie more than $10 billion.Read More
FHLB ‘Plan’ to Buy Freddie Could Work February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Lawrence Parks, a former FHLB-SF executive, believes an FHLB plan to buy Freddie seems as plausible as other ideas that pass for GSE reform. Read More
GSEs Seek New Credit Score Models February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Companies will have to shell out $200,000 in application fees for every credit score model they think can compete with the FICO template. Read More
Fannie, Freddie Reform Plan Not Yet Fleshed Out February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Treasury and FHFA say it is still “premature to comment on specific capital levels” necessary to release the GSEs from conservatorship.Read More
FHFA Testing the Waters for FHLBanks Membership February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking feedback on what financial requirements should be enforced for FHLB membership. Read More
Mike Bloomberg’s GSE Merger Plan Draws Attention February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s plan to merge the GSEs actually got the other Democratic candidates to talk about MBS. Read More
Phillips Lands at HouseCanary February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Former Treasury official Craig Phillips joins HouseCanary.Read More
Freddie Taps Corley to Head Single-Family February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Freddie promotes Donna Corley as EVP of single-family business. Read More
Launch of CECL Provokes Yawns at Fannie and Freddie February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier Freddie mentioned CECL almost as a throwaway line in its earnings call, while Fannie said its CECL impact will be more substantial. Read More
FHFA Releases Funds for Housing Trust, Capital Magnet February 28, 2020 Dennis Hollier The Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Trust will receive $326.4 million and $175.8 million, respectively, for 2019. Read More
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