Sandra Thompson, the acting FHFA director, said Fannie and Freddie have responsibilities beyond the narrow affordable housing goals to ensure access to credit for borrowers in all parts of the country.

Critics say FHFA’s proposed changes to the enterprise regulatory capital framework are a move in the right direction, but the agency still hasn’t addressed the procyclicality of the rule or explained how the new provisions were calculated.

Brian Tomney, Biden’s choice to head the FHFA-OIG, had an unexpectedly smooth ride through the confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.

Bitcoin and its competitors remain unwanted in the U.S. mortgage market.

The mortgage giant is tied by an alphabet soup to the even larger cloud giant.

The new system should be able to gather most of the rent roll data directly from popular property management systems.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency sets new standards for assessing Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s performance and releases a report assessing its own performance.

If the Senate fails to resolve the debt ceiling in time, the federal government’s credit rating will likely be downgraded to “restricted default.” So, too, will the ratings on GSE debt.

If it gets through the Senate in its current form, the Build Back Better bill could have several budgetary impacts on the housing finance industry.

Comments from AEI and the Cato Institute say, rather than reduce the capital requirements for the GSEs, FHFA should increase them.