Freddie to Automate Servicing-Transfer Task March 6, 2025 Dennis Hollier To this point, identifying loans for voluntary partial cancellation has been done manually.Read More
Freddie Pilot for Second Liens Up and Running February 26, 2025 Brandon Ivey The government-sponsored enterprise received approval from the Federal Housing Finance Agency in June 2024 to acquire second liens.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
Short Takes: Turner’s Confirmation Hearing / FHA Revises Partial Claim Payoff Proposal / Real Estate Investors Eye Tariffs, Immigration / STACR Issuance From Freddie January 10, 2025 Brandon Ivey The nomination hearing for Scott Turner to lead HUD is scheduled for Jan. 16.Read More
Short Takes: Housing Market Outlook / Freddie’s New CFO / Invictus Keeps Up the Pace / Lower to Let Applicants Access Underwriting Engine January 8, 2025 Brandon Ivey For 2025, analysts at Morningstar DBRS predict modest home sales, modest price appreciation and mortgage rates oscillating around the 6%–7% range.Read More
Biden Admin Revises GSE Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements January 3, 2025 Dennis Hollier The revisions establish some ground rules that will apply if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are ever released from conservatorship.Read More
Ackman Predicts IPO for GSEs Under Trump December 31, 2024 Dennis Hollier The hedge fund billionaire predicts Treasury will write off its senior preferred shares in the GSEs and exercise its warrants for 80% of their common stock.Read More
FHFA Releases 2025 Scorecard, Wants More Help for FTHBs December 23, 2024 Dennis Hollier The new scorecard highlights modest changes in the regulator's priorities for the GSEs.Read More
FHFA's Housing Goals for GSEs More Lenient December 20, 2024 Dennis Hollier Lenders supported the regulator’s decision to lower some of the goals from the 2022-2024 rule.Read More
Capital Requirements a Factor in Fannie’s Declining Market Share December 20, 2024 Dennis Hollier Because Fannie’s book of business is by far the larger, it’s more impacted by the stability capital buffer than Freddie.Read More