Issued in late November, the new FHFA regulatory framework mandates Tier I capital of at least 4.0% for Fannie and Freddie, a bar that some stakeholders believe is too high.

Questions posed by the FHFA include whether the GSEs should use appraisal waivers and how lenders might manipulate automated underwriting systems when seeking an appraisal wavier from the GSEs.

The agreement comes at a curious time: Servicing prices have suffered during the pandemic but are beginning to improve. In other words, bargains may be hard to find.

Mark Calabria: “Requiring the enterprises to develop living wills helps FHFA fulfill its responsibility to ensure that the failure of an enterprise would harm neither taxpayers nor the mortgage market.”

The combined market for Fannie and Freddie single-family MBS grew 3.7% in the third quarter and a hefty 9.5% over the past year.

MBA criticized the secretive nature of the rule change, arguing that by using lender letters, the maneuver short-circuited the normal comment period…

Among the top 50 nonbank sellers in 2020, six companies have increased their GSE sales more than tenfold: CrossCountry Mortgage, Better.com, Everett Financial, Draper and Kramer, NFM and PRMG.

Like many companies in the sector, Capital Senior Living has been deeply impacted by the pandemic. The company posted a $215 million loss in the third quarter, $191 million of which it attributed to the transfer of these properties to Fannie.

Although early-payment delinquency rates were up across the board, they remained significantly lower than six months ago.

In addition, the language includes a 365-day requirement, which essentially extends the short-term cash flow analysis.