Fannie’s last CIRT transaction of 2022 covers $343 million in credit risk on $10.1 billion in single-family loans.

Systemwide, FHLBank advances grew 36.5% in the third quarter, helping drive a 51.1% sequential increase in profits. (Includes three data charts.)

The volume of multifamily loans the enterprises can purchase will be smaller in 2023, but the FHFA also expanded the mission-oriented qualifications.

Loan-level price adjustments for low-income and first-time borrowers and for loans that meet duty-to-serve requirements will be a thing of the past on Dec. 2.

The new social index methodology gives investors a rigorous, pool-based measure of the social impact of the mortgage-backed securities issued by the enterprises.

The average g-fee charged on single-family loans in 2021 rose from 54 basis points to 56 bps. Much of the increase can be traced to 15-year fixed-rate refinances, which were subject to an extra adverse market fee.

The enterprise issued more credit-risk transfer deals this year than last. But increasing interest rates have made the deals less and less attractive for Freddie.

The tools, which help automate access to Fannie data, had been housed on The Exchange platform. They will continue to be available, but via the enterprise's Developer Portal.

Ravi Shankar rejoins Freddie Mac after stints at both the Boston Consulting Group and United Wholesale Mortgage.

FHFA is betting the formerly proprietary appraisal data of Fannie and Freddie can help reduce bias in the marketplace.