The GSEs’ regulator poaches an executive from FDIC: Marc Steckel.

The CSS board now has four GSE-appointed members and five independents. Fannie and Freddie warned that this new majority will have the final say on any matter during conservatorship and on a number of significant matters following conservatorship (if they ever exit).

Freddie Mac appoints board member Mark Grier to serve as interim CEO while it continues to search for a permanent replacement for David Brickman, who left in early January.

Every single division of the FHFA is expected to see a spike in payroll in 2021. The biggest change will be in the enterprise regulation unit.

Randy Jones joins David Lowman and Chris Boyle at the San Francisco-based fintech.

Freddie Mac’s Voluntary Early Retirement Program resulted in 600 buyouts by the end of 2020, but salaries and benefits expenses actually rose in the short term.

The mortgage giant taps two vice presidents to oversee equitable housing issues on both the single-family and multifamily sides of the company.

New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has yet to pick who will lead housing policy and GSE reform in the Biden administration. However, liberal think tanks may be a good place to look.

The only general counsel the FHFA has ever known is stepping down.

Ryan Zanin shifts from the boardroom to the C-Suite.