Consolidating FHFA’s authority to support fair housing and fair lending laws under the umbrella of the GSEs’ equitable housing finance plans will improve access to mortgage credit for underserved communities, supporters say. The GSEs, however, see key problems.
Lenders have chafed at the temporary regulations put in place following the collapse of a Surfside, FL, condo in 2021, but those rules become permanent in September.
The anonymized data from the voluntary survey give multifamily property owners insight into how their energy and water use compares to similar properties in other parts of the country.
FHLB San Francisco CEO Teresa Bazemore argues that the system’s dual mandates of supporting housing and providing liquidity for FHLBank members are related.
All House Republicans and 14 House Democrats voted to undo FHFA’s revision of GSE loan-level pricing adjustments. The bill would also require future changes to the grids to follow risk-based pricing.
Three providers of D&O insurance refuse to pay legal costs associated with a financial crisis-era SEC investigation into Freddie underwriting and risk-management controls for troubled MBS.