The latest FHFA directive is something of a mystery. In separate 8-Ks, both Fannie and Freddie point out that no employees currently receive a base salary of more than $600,000.
Sheila Bair joins Fannie Mae after several years as a university executive and a board member for companies like Reuters, Host Hotels and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
Both GSEs posted their highest monthly volume of single-family MBS issuance since January 2017. Purchase-mortgage and refinance business rose significantly.
The successful launch of the single security — more than $9.5 trillion in UMBS has traded through the end of July — may pave the way for broader housing-finance reform, according to researchers at the Urban Institute.