A recent report from the Congressional Research Service suggests that it may be difficult to simultaneously raise the capital requirements for the GSEs and shrink their footprint, and still expect them to attract equity investors.

Veteran analyst Dick Bove says tapering by the Federal Reserve and meddling by the FHFA will eventually force the Biden administration to address housing-finance reform.

Small lenders believe the GSEs should offer special programs for small servicers and rural appraisals. And like their larger competitors, they don’t like the new PSPAs.

Freddie mixes up its capital offerings with social bonds in support of intellectually and developmentally challenged individuals.

Fannie and Freddie spell out eligibility terms in the wake of the amended PSPAs.

Industry insiders argue over whether the credit-risk transfer programs are overpriced catastrophic insurance for the GSEs or a cheap form of capital.

Malloy Evans, a 17-year Fannie veteran, takes charge of the company’s massive single-family business, effective immediately.

Several of the regulatory and management measures undertaken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic are slowly being eased. Is that a sign markets are improving?

A so-called stressed default rate on millions of residential loans originated between 1990 and 2019 suggests the risks that precipitated the global financial crisis were around long before that, and are growing in the current market.

Industry stakeholders believe the creation of GSE “wills” are a good exercise to go through, but suspicions abound.