Fannie and Freddie bolstered their affordable housing acquisitions in 2021; FHLB not so much.

In addition to a Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction, the GSE’s capital markets team completed a $477.2 million non-performing loan sale.

Rich Martinez joins the growing roster of executives abandoning the GSEs for greener pastures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency to require bank-like capital disclosures tied to ERCF rules.

Just a week after imposing onerous new capital disclosure requirements on Fannie and Freddie, FHFA adopts a rule requiring them to file annual capital plans.

Coding errors may require new underwriting for loans that relied on data originating with the massive credit score reporting firm.

Higher AMIs in most counties mean more borrowers are eligible for the GSEs’ affordable housing programs.

The GSE eases rules on construction loans.

The White House action plan for increasing the supply of affordable housing largely piggybacks on the duty-to-serve plans of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

According to the former FHFA chief, given the state of the mortgage and equity markets, Fannie Mae won’t survive another round of home price depreciation.