A recent report from the Congressional Research Service suggests that it may be difficult to simultaneously raise the capital requirements for the GSEs and shrink their footprint, and still expect them to attract equity investors.
Veteran analyst Dick Bove says tapering by the Federal Reserve and meddling by the FHFA will eventually force the Biden administration to address housing-finance reform.
Small lenders believe the GSEs should offer special programs for small servicers and rural appraisals. And like their larger competitors, they don’t like the new PSPAs.
Jason Griest has been with Freddie for the past eight years. Prior to that, he held capital markets or securitizations positions at Fannie Mae, Bank of America and JP Morgan.
Several of the regulatory and management measures undertaken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic are slowly being eased. Is that a sign markets are improving?