Despite the president’s quick reversal of course on his proposal to cut payroll taxes, the housing industry remains worried g-fee may be tapped somehow.

“Patch” loans, cash-out refinances, investment loans and second family homes constitute more than 50% of the dollar volume of Fannie and Freddie MBS issuance.

Concerns of industry participants provoke edits and postponement of a new mortgage application form.

Fannie continued to wind down its portfolio of nonperforming and reperforming loans, in compliance with FHFA directives; Freddie released two structured pass-through certificates with yields ranging from 2.47% to 5.22%.

The bureau’s proposed rulemaking could apply to nearly a third of the mortgage loans purchased by the GSEs. Industry observers wait to see if it impacts access to credit for low- and mid-income borrowers.

Freddie’s new CEO discusses what it will take to build a GSE adapted to the future needs of housing finance.

Freddie CRT transactions top $1.4 billion in 2Q19; Fannie bolsters its front-end CIRT program.

The GSE is trying to gather all the stakeholders of the affordable housing “ecosystem,” including lenders, counselors, local housing agencies, and real estate professionals, under a single umbrella.

Freddie announces a $1.3 billion Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction; Fannie prices a $1 billion REMIC deal; Freddie launches a new product to address aging housing supply; CEO Layton’s last week at Freddie.

Private-label issuers and industry experts debate the effects of the expiration of the QM patch.