To promote the fungibility of the uniform MBS, Fannie and Freddie will more closely align how they evaluate their seller/servicers.

In each case, Chief Judge Margaret Sweeney’s decision hinged on whether the plaintiffs were pursuing direct or derivative claims.

GSEs extend moratorium on foreclosures and evictions until Aug. 31.

Eight Democratic senators have called upon the FHFA and the CFPB to do more than just share information to protect borrowers during the corona-virus crisis.

After Sept. 15, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer accept LIBOR loan applications. Moreover, the FHFA and the GSEs expect all loan purchases linked to the London benchmark to cease by yearend.

Most of the concerns about the new regulation hinge on how much profit the GSEs can make under the bumped-up capital levels. Most industry observers appear to be on the side of “not enough.”

The final rule sets the goal for prospective mortgage purchases at 20% of each FHLBank’s Acquired Member Assets program.

According to former Fannie Mae CFO Tim Howard, the re-proposed capital requirements are almost 40 times the average of that indicated by stress tests conducted on the GSEs last year.

The move suggests the GSEs’ public offerings — estimated by some to be worth as much as $200 billion — may take place in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

If the FHFA’s assessment is correct, mortgage servicers can withstand a substantially deeper economic downturn than originally thought.