Freddie Mac and MCT team up to help small- and mid-sized lenders make the switch from cash seller to guarantor. The transition impacts everything from pricing to operations.

Ambitious goals in the proposed rule, especially on the multifamily side, may prove difficult for the GSEs to reach.

Trade groups give Treasury and FHFA officials an earful on the damage caused by changes to the preferred stock purchase agreements.

The FHFA is not conservator of the FHLBanks, so it cannot “step into the shoes” of the FHLBanks’ boards of directors, the FHLBs argue.

Sandra Thompson and Marcia Fudge combine forces to monitor GSE compliance with the Fair Housing Act.

As the first Senate-confirmed head of domestic finance in nearly a decade, the former Fed economist could play a vital role in renegotiating the PSPAs between Treasury and FHFA.

Fannie and Freddie are likely to have raked in more than $5 billion combined in adverse market fees on refinances before FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson decided to shut the program.

FHFA and other federal financial regulators are still grappling with issues like whether the definitions of QMs and QRMs should remain identical.

Plaintiffs manage to find legal ammunition in what most Supreme Court observers believe was a slam dunk victory for the government.

One unintended consequence of the court ruling: The Biden administration got the greenlight to reform the GSEs without the help of Congress.