Since mid-2022, the agency has been gaining servicing share with lenders turning to FHA mortgages and loans through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Hugh Frater, a former CEO of Fannie Mae, warned that merging the GSEs could reduce incentives for innovation and competition on pricing, among other issues.
“You’ve got an ever-increasing number of investors and insurance companies, securitizers and aggregators, all competing for what feels like a smaller set of loans,” said Clint Thomas, vice president of correspondent lending at Silver Hill Capital.