Although a Republican victory in November might revive efforts to release the GSEs from conservatorship, this would likely be a multi-year effort, according to the former FHFA director.

Housing finance aficionados may doubt Fannie and Freddie will ever exit conservatorship, but that doesn’t stop them from telling you what that exit would look like.

The mortgage giant worked with the Housing Assistance Council to estimate the scale of the tangled title problem and begin to look for solutions.

Despite the added cost and delay, Hamish Hume said it was advantageous for the plaintiffs’ team to have to hold a second trial after the first one ended in a hung jury.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders may finally get some modest compensation for FHFA’s decision to allow Treasury to seize all of the profits of the government-sponsored enterprises.

A Fannie survey highlights how sentiments have changed among condo lenders after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imposed new restrictions in the wake of the Surfside tower collapse in 2021.

Despite winning a massive jury award in August, GSE shareholders are still squabbling with the government over how those damages should be distributed.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac revenues ticked up in the third quarter, but an increase in net expenses cut into profits. Those expenses included damages and interest awarded to shareholders in Fairholme v. FHFA. (Includes data table.)

The GSEs’ shareholders racked up one win and one loss last week in their legal battle to overturn the net worth sweep.

Documents show FHFA entered into 36 settlement agreements between January 2019 and September 2021 to resolve employee disputes.