GSEs Earn Mid-Tier Scores on Duty-to-Serve Plans February 19, 2025 Dennis Hollier Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's plans both received a middle-of-the-road score from the Underserved Mortgage Markets Coalition.Read More
Freddie Continues to Tear Away at Fannie's Market Share February 18, 2025 Dennis Hollier The top three loan sellers to Fannie and Freddie in January: UWM, PennyMac Financial and Rocket Mortgage. Chase ranked fourth.Read More
Analysts Have Doubts About GSE Reform Under Trump February 14, 2025 Dennis Hollier A full plate of agenda items and a lack of experienced leadership makes a GSE exit from conservatorship unlikely under the new administration.Read More
GSE CRT Activity Plummets in 4Q February 13, 2025 James Dohnert Fannie issued no Connecticut Avenue Securities during the final three months of 2024.Read More
New Admin to Refocus HUD Agenda February 13, 2025 James Dohnert Scott Turner's recent appointment as head of HUD should help push through some of the agency's new agenda items.Read More
Trump's DEI Axe Comes Down on GSEs February 6, 2025 Dennis Hollier FHFA removed mention of DEI from a key GSE evaluation standard.Read More
GSE Volume Down in South, Southwest in 2024 February 6, 2025 Dennis Hollier GSE deliveries declined in just four states on an annual basis in 2024.Read More
Retail Channel Gains Share in Agency MBS in 4Q February 4, 2025 Andras Malatinszky Retail lending gained share from the correspondent channel in the fourth quarter.Read More
Core-Product Share of GSE Business Level in Fourth Quarter January 29, 2025 James Dohnert Non-core products are areas of the market in which non-agency financing is seen as being able to compete with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Read More
Mortgage Market Cautiously Optimistic on Pulte at FHFA January 29, 2025 Dennis Hollier FHFA directors have typically been technocrats with backgrounds in housing finance or federal regulation.Read More
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