In an about-face, the Federal Housing Finance Agency told the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of its single-director leadership structureunderthe Housing and Economic Recovery Act, which created the FHFA.
The supply of Freddie Mac single-family mortgage servicing rights grew at more than twice the rate of increase in Fannie Mae product during 2018, according to a new Inside the GSEs analysis and ranking. [Includes two data charts.]
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, will sit on the House Financial Services Committee, which oversees banking, mortgages, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.