The time frames for servicers to complete routine foreclosures will expand in 17 states and shorten in four others.

The integration of Condo Project Manager into Desktop Underwriter should allow lenders to quickly determine if a condo project is eligible for Fannie-backed mortgages.

Personnel moves at GSEs; Pulte warns lenders; GSE capital markets update; new reports from FHFA’s OIG.

FHFA under the leadership of Bill Pulte has rescinded, deleted or closed at least eight agency directives without providing notice on the agency’s website or announcing the changes in a press release.

The new FHFA director’s whirlwind first week resulted in widespread staffing cuts at the regulator and a dramatic change in leadership at the GSEs. So far, criticism has been muted.

Former Fannie and Freddie CEOs question the durability and utility of the uniform MBS in a post-conservatorship mortgage market.

Trade groups want FHFA to conduct a cost/benefit analysis before implementing the long-awaited shift from Classic FICO to FICO 10 T and VantageScore 4.0.

Desktop Underwriter will now automatically populate Underwriting Findings with information from Condo Project Manager.

An OIG report noted that FHFA has been following appropriate procedures when it reviews GSE proposals for employee retention awards.

Aaron Kofsky has joined FHFA’s Division of Housing Mission and Goals.