Mnuchin Wants GSE Reform in Next Congress. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is worried about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expanding their already large role in the mortgage market and said he’s not against taking administrative action absent a legislative solution for reforming the mortgage giants.During the secretary’s annual testimony to the House Financial Services Committee late last week, Mnuchin reiterated his position in wanting lawmakers to reform the GSEs and said he expects that to happen in the next Congress. “This is something that I am determined, in the next Congress, should be a major focus of ours, hopefully on...

While the GSEs have been engaging in risk-based pricing for mortgage guarantees since the crisis, very large cross subsidies remain, according to one panelist from the Federal Reserve…

A HUD spokesman told this news organization that “non-U.S. citizens without lawful residency in the U.S. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.”

Noticeably absent from the letter: the FHLBs of Chicago and San Francisco…

Kraninger also avoided making a commitment to defend the CFPB’s constitutionality...

Of course, there are some in the industry who will argue Fannie and Freddie are hardly zombie-like at all...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should adjust loan originator compensation rules to provide lenders with some flexibility, according to mortgage industry participants.

Republican and Democrat leaders of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee battled over minority requests for extensive documents about Kathy Kraninger, the Trump administration’s nominee to become the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “When issuing regulations, federal agencies must abide by constitutional principles and follow the rules set forth by the Congress and the President.”

The budget for the three advisory groups will be limited to $150,000 each per year.