It is rare for Republicans, who have been critical of the bureau’s regulatory actions in the past, to praise the work of the consumer regulator.

For nearly all of President Trump’s term, Ginnie Mae has been operating without a president, carrying on its daily business with surrogates.

Following President Trump’s inauguration in 2017, the Department of the Treasury played an active role in developing the FHLB plan to buy Freddie Mac...

Will a Democratic victory be the death knell for GSE reform?

A JPMorgan Chase official noted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can complete credit risk transfer deals and nonbanks have options as well, but banks? Not so much...

Johnson joined the bureau in December 2017 as one of the top political appointees under then-acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney. 

REITs covet entry into the system because FHLB members are allowed to borrow via low cost advances...

Some players in the market hoped that once the QM patch expired a significant amount of originations would shift from the GSEs to the non-agency market. But those hopes are fading...

The FHFA in September increased the cap on Fannie’s and Freddie’s multifamily lending to $100 billion each through the end of 2020, with at least 37.5% of their business earmarked for affordable housing.