Even with the implementation of new asset haircuts and other restrictions into the private mortgage insurance eligibility requirements framework, GSE-approved insurers say they will still have large available asset buffers.

FHFA’s proposed rule responds to market trends that have made it difficult for the GSEs to meet their benchmark goals.

Rather than leave its digs in downtown DC, as announced earlier this year, Fannie Mae opted to renew its lease, albeit with a much smaller footprint.

High interest rates may mean lower acquisition volumes for the GSEs, but they also mean slower prepayment speeds for the mortgages in the agencies’ guarantee books of business. (Includes data table.)

FHFA’s recent decision to waive loan-level price adjustments for the low-income financing programs of the GSEs means that borrowers can sometimes get lower interest rates through HomeReady and Home Possible than they can using traditional GSE financing.

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.

Freddie’s head of third-party oversight and governance recently outlined the main counterparty risks faced by the mortgage giant.

Fourteen state attorneys general sent a letter to FHFA Director Sandra Thompson urging her to quash Fannie Mae’s title insurance waiver pilot program.

SFA leader says ending GSE conservatorships would lead to unsustainable credit downgrades for Fannie and Freddie.

S&P Global Ratings gives the Freddie asset management and operations team an “above average” ranking and a stable outlook.