Once the $1.6 billion is upstreamed to Treasury, Freddie will have an account surplus of $42.4 billion...

Layton said Freddie is exploring the use of additional credit risk transfers...

FHA officials are worried about rising concentrations of higher-risk loan characteristics…

Fannie and Freddie have increased their market share in multifamily to 60 percent compared to 52 percent two years ago, according to former Obama administration official Michael Stegman…

REITs exploited the captive loophole earlier in the decade, gaining access to low-cost FHLBank advances.

EEO investigations, according to one observer, must be completed within 180 days.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a few days are expected to report second-quarter results that likely will top earnings of the prior period when they posted a combined net profit of $6.5 billion, according to an analysis by Inside MBS & ABS.

Most of the major product categories had some slippage in the second quarter.

As GSE investor James Fenkner put it: “Yes, the U.S. Treasury will be cashing in again nicely next week.”

As for what might be in the Hensarling bill, the conservative from the Lone Star state wasn’t offering…