MBS investors will now have access to 18 years of refinance and prepayment data derived from Desktop Underwriter.

Fannie and Freddie bolstered their affordable housing acquisitions in 2021; FHLB not so much.

Freddie continues to remove uneconomical credit-risk transfer notes from its balance sheet.

Industry and congressional Democrats laud the first Black woman to head the nation’s housing finance system.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency to require bank-like capital disclosures tied to ERCF rules.

Just a week after imposing onerous new capital disclosure requirements on Fannie and Freddie, FHFA adopts a rule requiring them to file annual capital plans.

Higher AMIs in most counties mean more borrowers are eligible for the GSEs’ affordable housing programs.

Freddie’s asset and income modeler, which became available nationwide this week, will short-circuit the 10-day verification of employment process for borrowers who opt in.

The GSE eases rules on construction loans.

The White House action plan for increasing the supply of affordable housing largely piggybacks on the duty-to-serve plans of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.