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.

Freddie mixes up its capital offerings with social bonds in support of intellectually and developmentally challenged individuals.

Fannie and Freddie spell out eligibility terms in the wake of the amended PSPAs.

Who better than a 30-year industry veteran to head the government-sponsored enterprise?

Industry insiders argue over whether the credit-risk transfer programs are overpriced catastrophic insurance for the GSEs or a cheap form of capital.

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?

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.