Mortgage insurers ready for VantageScore 4.0; Fannie Mae announces results of NPL sale; delinquencies down for STACR pools, up for CAS pools.

Industry insiders worry that mixed signals from the Trump administration makes complex decisions, like ending the conservatorship, more difficult.

The FHFA director detailed his priorities for the GSEs at a webinar this week.

The GSEs will now be able to invest a combined $4 billion a year in LIHTC affordable housing tax credits. At least half of that investment must be in difficult-to-serve LIHTC communities.

Fannie Mae posted an “illustrative” return on equity of 9.5% during its second-quarter earnings call last month. But that was based on the enterprise’s required capital rather than the capital actually on hand.

Fannie revises policy for loans subject to a temporary rate buydown plan; Former Fannie employees sue for defamation; Freddie creates new board position; GSE shareholders lose appeal in one of the last net worth sweep lawsuits.

Pulte suggests no end to conservatorship, but that doesn’t stop the debate about how an exit would work and what the government should do with its windfall.

A proposed rule change could spell the end of FHFA regulations requiring the GSEs to file triennial equitable housing finance plans.

Although industry stakeholders look forward to the rental payment data and cash flow underwriting capabilities of VantageScore 4.0, most expect the transition to take a while.

A rare wave of bipartisanship swept through Congress last week, propelling a key piece of housing legislation through the Senate Banking Committee. And there are separate proposals in the House.