Freddie Mac’s new $2,500 credit for buyers earning less than 50% of area median income closely resembles an initiative announced last month by Fannie Mae.

Although Fannie Mae’s NPL sales are down, Freddie Mac’s near exit from the market accounts for most of the decline in sales in 2023.

Resolve and its associated APIs have been tweaked to make them more efficient and improve the way lenders manage their mortgage relief and default activities.

Fannie churns out a CRT transaction and an NPL sale, its first real capital markets activity since November.

The enterprise’s seller engagement efforts get a boost, with a familiar face taking over in the east and fresh eyes in the west.

Condo loans continue to receive added scrutiny at the government-sponsored enterprises.

The percentage of GSE multifamily investment in areas of concentrated poverty increased in 2022, both in dollar and percentage terms.

Fannie Mae’s announcement of an update to its HomeReady program drew applause from the crowd at the MBA’s independent mortgage bankers conference this week.

Freddie and lender trade groups circled the wagons in opposition to many of the mortgage-related provisions in a proposed rule to change capital requirements for large banks.

A tangled web of climate risk, shady insurers, shoddy ratings services and lax insurance rules at the GSEs may snarl Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in unexpected counterparty risk.