A new option in Desktop Underwriter allows lenders to pre-qualify borrowers with a single soft pull credit file. However, a hard pull tri-merge credit report will still be required with the actual loan application.

Under the terms recommended in FHFA’s review of the Federal Home Loan Banks, 85 current members would fail to meet the 10% mortgage-related asset rule.

Several of the new rules FHFA is expected to propose will affect the Federal Home Loan Banks.

Andrew Davidson & Co. executive Richard Cooperstein says the regulatory capital requirements for the GSEs should be set at 1.5 times risk capital, about 1.13%.

Freddie clarifies how servicers should handle COVID-19 flex modifications for borrowers who recently became delinquent. Fannie announces a tool to compute the monthly income of self-employed borrowers.

Black consumers are more than twice as likely as white consumers to say they worry about their home being in a flood.

The enterprise will offer new single-family green disclosures that will allow investors to easily identify mortgage-backed securities that consist of loans eligible for Fannie’s green bonds programs.

The Council of the Federal Home Loan Banks and the Federal Housing Finance Agency find themselves on opposite sides in a debate over the mission of the FHLBanks.

At FHFA’s direction, the GSEs have been working to ensure lenders can identify condo projects that are ineligible due to deferred maintenance or characteristics like excess commercial space or investor concentration.

Stricter energy codes would lower residents’ housing costs, improve their health and make them more resilient to the impacts of climate change, according to environmental and consumer groups.