Consolidating FHFA’s authority to support fair housing and fair lending laws under the umbrella of the GSEs’ equitable housing finance plans will improve access to mortgage credit for underserved communities, supporters say. The GSEs, however, see key problems.
Lenders have chafed at the temporary regulations put in place following the collapse of a Surfside, FL, condo in 2021, but those rules become permanent in September.
The inclusion of sales data on comparable properties and statistics on the racial and ethnic composition of neighborhoods should allow researchers to better identify incidents of appraisal bias.
Delinquencies inched up slightly in the first quarter, despite remaining near historic lows. Meanwhile, loan forbearances rose while modifications declined.
The anonymized data from the voluntary survey give multifamily property owners insight into how their energy and water use compares to similar properties in other parts of the country.
All House Republicans and 14 House Democrats voted to undo FHFA’s revision of GSE loan-level pricing adjustments. The bill would also require future changes to the grids to follow risk-based pricing.