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Fannie and Freddie Will Need Investors. Is Warren Buffett Waiting in the Wings?

October 4, 2019
Paul Muolo

Of course, mortgage historians know that Berkshire took a bite at the GSE apple a few decades back. In 2000, Berkshire was one of the largest shareholders in Freddie...


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Connecticut Call Center Lender, State in Licensing Dispute

October 4, 2019
Yemeng Yang

1st Alliance CEO John Dilorio disputed the interpretation, noting that unlicensed call center workers had no ability to choose a program, lock a mortgage rate, process underwriting findings or present loan terms to borrowers.


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A Thorny Issue Revived: Allowing Nonbanks in the FHLB System

October 4, 2019
Paul Muolo

In the Treasury blueprint, the Trump administration clearly states its position: “Congress should consider permitting additional classes of mortgage lenders to become FHLBank members.”


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Short Takes: Analyst Bove: The Net Worth Sweep Has Not Been Eliminated / Free Money? / Who’ll Stop the Rain? (GSE Shares) / Oklahoma, Where the Mortgages Come Sweeping Down the Plain

October 3, 2019
Paul Muolo

JMP Securities has a “market perform” rating on Impac Mortgage, the publicly traded nonbank that’s trying to carve out a space for itself in the non-QM sector but can’t resist the temptation of reaching for GSE refis...


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GSE Shareholders Continue Battle Against Profit Sweep. A SCOTUS Review?

October 3, 2019
Dennis Hollier

In their petition for a writ of certiorari, the shareholders said the Fifth Circuit afforded them no relief from their injuries and the “petitioners are thus not ‘prevailing parties’ in any meaningful sense.”


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Can the Non-Agency Market Absorb the GSE Slack? Experts Not So Sure, Including a Former Freddie CEO

October 2, 2019
Dennis Hollier

Former Freddie CEO Don Layton took issue with the plan’s basic premise that if the footprint of the GSEs shrinks, private capital will move in to take up the slack...


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Short Takes: Hurricane Warren? / The Heart and the Soul of the CFPB / Big Bank Breakup? / Don’t Plan Calabria’s Going Away Party Quite Yet / New Hires for Greystone

October 1, 2019
Paul Muolo

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a political issue in the 2020 election? Not by a long shot...


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After the Big Capital Retention Announcement, GSE Share Price Inches Forward

September 30, 2019
Paul Muolo

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods: "We continue to believe that GSE recapitalization is unlikely to be completed within the current presidential term.”


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FHLBs Told to Stop Buying LIBOR-Indexed Assets

September 30, 2019
Dennis Hollier

The FHFA announcement comes as financial institutions and regulators struggle to identify a suitable replacement index for LIBOR. 


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Treasury, FHFA Hike Allowable Retained Capital at the GSEs

September 30, 2019
Dennis Hollier

The hike in the retained earnings threshold was widely anticipated and the news hardly budged the share price of Fannie/Freddie common.


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