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.

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

GSE purchase-mortgage business cooled off, falling 4.9% from the previous month, but refi volume jumped 13.3% to $70.5 billion in November.

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

What’s so interesting about the Sterling disclosure is that it comes from a bank. For the most part, depositories have shied away from non-QMs unless it’s jumbo product made to wealthy individuals…

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

In 3Q19 – the first full quarter under the new UMBS regime – the Freddie discount fell to just 1 basis point…

Other matters on the government’s priority list: setting a commitment fee, resolution of the QM patch, and “any other similar changes that could impact the GSE footprint.”