The review will consider the interplay between the non-agency market and the GSEs and the impact of the exemption for qualified residential mortgages...

One Freddie shareholder quipped: "It sounds like something their advisors would have recommended – to improve proforma [earnings] going into a capital raise."  

The senators asked for a detailed timeline for ending the conservatorships and a list of benchmarks the GSEs must meet.

The deduction for mortgage insurance premiums and a tax break on forgiven mortgage debt had expired at the end of 2017 while funding for the National Flood Insurance Program was set to elapse on Dec. 20.

In 2017, Judge Sweeney ordered the government to produce many of these documents...

Among the proposed changes: A residential loan made to a high-income individual residing in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods would no longer qualify for CRA credit.

Ed Pinto: Owners of GSE common have no right to expect a bailout.

The forms of documentation allowed through Sterling's Advantage Loan program are more vulnerable to manipulation and misrepresentation than traditional documentation programs, according to Fitch.

The crux of the matter: “The agencies are aware that the use of certain alternative data may present no greater risks than data traditionally used in the credit evaluation process.”

To back up his claims, the FHFA chief cited statistics on loan acquisitions by Fannie and Freddie over the past eight months.