For some sellers, the curbs don’t represent much of a bump in the road. For Quicken Loans, the top GSE seller over the 12-month period, investor/second-home loans were roughly 5.5% of its sales to both Fannie and Freddie.
After warning the council about the risks posed by government money market funds, Calabria went on to point out that these funds have large exposures to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Fitch said the deal comes with “an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty,” courtesy of the Development Finance Corp. That means the securities, and any obligations associated with them, enjoy the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
Asked whether the administration would acquiesce on the changes, CHLA Director Scott Olson — a former denizen of Capitol Hill — said he’s “somewhere between hopeful and confident.”