OPERS Lawsuit Reinstated Over Freddie Subprime Loans. The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision that had cleared Freddie Mac of charges that it misled investors about its involvement in the subprime mortgage market. The lawsuit was filed in 2008 by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System, which claimed Freddie made false public financial statements that hid its exposure to risky loans. The fund alleged that it lost more than $27.2 million as the value of Freddie stock plummeted. OPERS said the 29 percent drop in stock price in 2007 followed Freddie’s disclosure of a $2 billion loss. The pension fund claimed...
Overall, Fannie Mae’s bottom line was bolstered by a strong quarter for originations: $510 billion in the second quarter compared to $380 billion in the first, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency so far has resisted calls to lower guaranty fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and quietly set a “minimum base guaranty fee” for the two government-sponsored enterprises. The FHFA directive was revealed in the 10-Q filings issued by the two GSEs this week accompanying second-quarter financial results that showed a combined $3.94 billion in net income. Their Securities and Exchange Commission filings, however, provided little detail about what the minimum base fee is. “In July 2016,” Fannie’s 10-Q states...
Banks, thrifts and credit unions still accounted for 66.0 percent of the $7.206 trillion in single-family mortgages serviced by the top 50 companies, Inside Mortgage Finance found.
The company has been diversifying heavily into subservicing contracts and over the past year has struck outsourcing deals with USAA and Seneca Mortgage Servicing.
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