A so-called stressed default rate on millions of residential loans originated between 1990 and 2019 suggests the risks that precipitated the global financial crisis were around long before that, and are growing in the current market.

Industry stakeholders believe the creation of GSE “wills” are a good exercise to go through, but suspicions abound.

Out of the $3.158 trillion unpaid principal balance in Fannie’s population of outstanding MBS, $201.3 billion would be eligible for a refi under the new program.

Even though the GSEs actively support small lenders on the single-family side of the house, critics say their multifamily businesses continue to favor larger financial institutions.

The GSEs’ aversion to projects that include transient rental income has riled investors and second-home buyers in some resort communities.

Fannie and Freddie prepare to replace the 11th District Monthly Weighted Average Cost of Funds Index or COFI.

Has Genworth Financial found a buyer for its lucrative mortgage insurance subsidiary Enact? Or was it just Mr. Market and his valuation?

Is Brown’s departure the latest sign that the C-suites of the GSEs no longer expect the conservatorship to end soon?

Over the past two weeks, Freddie courted the debt market with four multi-family offerings worth a total of $2.93 billion.

Fannie continues to cut the size of its retained mortgage portfolio.