Fairholme: “Fund performance was disappointing in the first half mostly due to the decline in the preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…”

A prediction: “Watch for an end to the GSE conservatorships under a Republican Director at the FHFA...

CEO Don Layton: "...we are generating a consistent stream of new innovations for our customers."

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.