The changes are being pursued in response to the agency receiving “more than 10,000 questions per year from people trying to understand the deposit insurance rules,” the FDIC chief said.
As might be expected, Republicans on the committee weren’t convinced that Congress should create an entity that would be involved in the assignment of credit ratings.
A few weeks back, Ginnie issued a request for information on a proposal that would tack on a capital requirement of an additional 25-basis points of an applicant’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac obligations.
Priority Financial still wants a Ginnie eagle and believes it has the financial wherewithal to make grade. “We want to resubmit, but we’ve had no communication from them,” said CEO Mark Shenkman.
It was never entirely clear to conventional lenders why the LLPA was installed in the first place given the relatively low COVID-related forbearance readings on GSE loans.