OIG finds that the FHFA IT team failed to document changes to its procedures for responding to binding operational directives from the Department of Homeland Security.

The GSEs’ credit score playbook now lists the implementation dates of the bi-merge and the shift away from Classic FICO as TBD.

Hugh Frater and Don Layton speculate on the likelihood a second Trump administration can get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship.

The new Republican chair of the Senate Banking Committee sharply criticized FHFA Director Sandra Thompson on her way out.

The former chief housing advisor to the Treasury secretary during the first Trump administration will now oversee Freddie’s regulatory and conservatorship affairs operations.

California wildfires, attorney fees, collateral valuations and board elections.

Treasury and FHFA agreed on some guidelines for how the process of getting the GSEs out of conservatorship will work. But they didn’t set that process in motion.

Even if lawmakers can’t agree on how or whether to release the GSEs from conservatorship, there are incremental steps they can take, according to former FHFA Director Mark Calabria.

The remaining items on the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda for FHFA are primarily proposals affecting the Federal Home Loan Banks.

The housing goals include several benchmarks that have been reduced to reflect challenges in the mortgage market.