Freddie Mac’s new $2,500 credit for buyers earning less than 50% of area median income closely resembles an initiative announced last month by Fannie Mae.

Although Fannie Mae’s NPL sales are down, Freddie Mac’s near exit from the market accounts for most of the decline in sales in 2023.

Fannie churns out a CRT transaction and an NPL sale, its first real capital markets activity since November.

The percentage of GSE multifamily investment in areas of concentrated poverty increased in 2022, both in dollar and percentage terms.

Fannie Mae’s announcement of an update to its HomeReady program drew applause from the crowd at the MBA’s independent mortgage bankers conference this week.

A tangled web of climate risk, shady insurers, shoddy ratings services and lax insurance rules at the GSEs may snarl Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in unexpected counterparty risk.

Fed researchers model an economy in which safe, stable agency MBS are the instigators of market turmoil and financial crisis.

The mortgage giant plans to vacate its downtown DC headquarters by June 2029. So far, it has not identified a new location.

The new framework for social bonds links them more directly to the Mission Index, formerly known as the Social Index.

The new data points should speed up delivery for lenders. Starting June 3, lenders will be able to enter the new ULDD collateral data points.