The Federal Housing Finance Agency makes it clear that only firms with experience and knowledge in the arena of housing finance will be considered.

Shouldn’t the managements of Fannie and Freddie start preparing for the day when they’re “free” from the shackles of regulatory bondage? Shouldn’t CEOs Hugh Frater (Fannie) and David Brickman (Freddie) be holding high level meetings with their lieutenants regarding strategies for the future?

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...

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.

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

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...

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.”

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...

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

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