If true, this could be an example of occupancy fraud, a method used to secure a lower interest rate or better terms on a mortgage.

More access to Freddie’s CPA; taking Republic Mortgage Insurance off the books; new CEO for FHLB-OF; Calabria gets a new gig.

The FHFA director’s social media posts echo President Trump’s criticism of the chair of the Federal Reserve for not lowering rates quickly enough.

FHFA’s efforts to monetize the securitization platform of the GSEs may provide entre to Wall Street banks and other competitors.

Starting in October, properties that are part of a condo project in insolvency proceedings will not be eligible for GSE loans. The rule applies immediately if the lender is already aware of the proceedings.

After 18 months in purgatory, the broker giant resumed GSE activity in June with a $173 million Freddie-backed refi for a Manhattan apartment building.

By some estimates, the average short sale or a foreclosure costs the GSEs $19,000 more than putting the borrower through a home-retention program.

New standards tied to Bank Secrecy Act; UCD testing environment; servicing updates planned; Pulte makes crypto announcement; DeVito surfaces at NVR.

As the seven-plus-year redesign of the UAD and the URAR nears completion, the GSEs prepare industry stakeholders for the changes.

Republicans may hope to use any windfall the government gets from selling its stake in the GSEs to offset revenue cuts in their “Big Beautiful Bill,” but housing advocates have other ideas.