GSE officials recently outlined the timeline for implementing the new credit score models and some of the challenges that implementation poses for mortgage industry stakeholders.
FHFA recently changed the upfront fees charged by Fannie and Freddie, in part to help meet the highly conservative capital requirements imposed on them by former Director Mark Calabria. Now, critics of the fees have joined critics of the conservatorship.
As the Biden administration focuses on ending discrimination in appraisals, trade groups and industry advocates call for standards on reconsiderations of value.