Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac take a step toward addressing the racial and ethnic gap in intergenerational wealth.

A new rule from FHFA has enshrined fair lending requirements of the GSEs, including the treatment of their equitable housing finance plans.

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee confronted FHFA Director Sandra Thompson about title insurance waivers and DPA “slush funds” at the GSEs.

Fannie and Freddie find a way to deal with the NAR settlement without changing the rules.

Climate change has people on the move, but they seem to be immigrating to exactly the wrong places.

The rating service focuses on the government’s implicit guarantee and the critical role the GSEs play in housing finance and the financial sector more generally. Fannie and Freddie also have healthy earnings.

Despite an uptick in CRT issuance, high costs continue to drive more risk retention at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

By focusing on refis, FHFA will be able to assess the ability of its title insurance waiver pilot to reduce closing costs with a smaller group of lower-risk loans.

Fannie and Freddie sketch out the still murky timeline for the shift from Classic FICO to FICO 10 T and VantageScore 4.0 and the move to a bi-merge process.

Despite the added cost and delay, Hamish Hume said it was advantageous for the plaintiffs’ team to have to hold a second trial after the first one ended in a hung jury.