FHFA will direct the enterprises to treat loans with COVID-19 forbearance like those impacted by a natural disaster. Fannie and Freddie will also do a better job explaining buyback requirements.

NPL sales by the GSEs declined by 66% on an annual basis in 2022.

Concerns about interest rates outpaced home prices for the first time since Fannie started surveying consumers in 2010.

Various factors are to blame for rising interest rates on mortgages...

GSE-related buybacks increased by 2.3% on a quarterly basis.

Applications for both purchase mortgages and refinances declined last week.

Ginnie Mae continued to set the pace in the agency single-family servicing market as its outstanding MBS rose 2.1% to $2.270 trillion.

Soft landing or mild recession...

“Lenders should follow the standard eligibility and comparable sale selection requirements for site-built housing,” Fannie said of 3D-printed homes.

The April-June period marked the second consecutive quarter in which Fannie Mae's CRT issuance exceeded Freddie Mac's, an unprecedented period of CRT dominance for Fannie.