GSE and government-insured loans accounted for 86.1% of the market in early 2020, a period that featured a historic nosedive in mortgage interest rates and frenetic volatility caused by the pandemic...
In addition, Fannie and Freddie have helped reduce face-to-face interactions during the closing process by expanding the use of powers of attorney and remote online notarizations.
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae pumped out a record $236.8 billion of single-family MBS in April. The previous record was $232.1 billion, set in June 2009.
In a press briefing early Thursday, company CEO David Brickman noted that the number of forbearance requests have increased “significantly,” adding that he expects the readings to continue to rise.
If servicers’ cash crunch becomes critical, the onus of creating a liquidity facility would fall on the Federal Reserve and Treasury, not on the FHFA, agency Director Mark Calabria said.
At the end of the forbearance period, mortgage servicers will provide homeowners several options for making up missed payments, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reassured borrowers.
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