Freddie veterans Steve Lineberger and Meg McElgunn will run the Western and Central districts as well as the Northeastern and Southeastern districts.

Multifamily caps have kept Fannie and Freddie from expanding their footprint in the apartment market, which grew by 25% in 2021 and is expected to expand by as much as 11% this year.

When-Issued certificates allow the enterprise to advance fund the guaranteed portions of its signature K-deals. That means Freddie can transfer market risk while pooling collateral for its MBS.

Don Layton believes the new 2022 loan limits will cause home prices to increase even more, but the politicization of the housing-finance system makes it unlikely FHFA will be able to do anything about it.

Mike Calhoun, CEO of the Center for Responsible Lending, was once thought to be Biden’s choice to run FHFA. Last week, he added his voice to the chorus of endorsements for Sandra Thompson’s nomination.

The new goals don’t deviate dramatically from what the agency proposed in August, but the mulitfamily goals will only apply to 2022 instead of the usual three-year time span.

GSEs issue lender letters/bulletins tweaking their guidelines for lenders and servicers.

Appraisers frequently use free-form text fields in their valuation reports to describe neighborhoods in ways that appear to violate fair lending regulations.

Only 16 examiners have completed the agency’s examiner commissioning program since it was founded in 2013.

The agency believes enforcing fair housing laws is central to its role as regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.