Newly coordinated standards at the GSEs make it easier for certain factory-built homes to receive site-built financing.

The regulator’s financial statements followed GAAP accounting, but the analysis also revealed $32.9 million in costs associated with elimination of 216 employees.

Very-low-income homebuyers have another year to take advantage of the $2,500 credit available through the Home Possible mortgage program.

CSS takes over MBS disclosures; Calabria joins PCAOB; Treasury/Fannie veteran joins HPC.

Some critics argue that forcing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to intervene in the mortgage-backed securities market may indicate their recapitalization and release from conservatorship is now on hold.

With the administration considering ways to address affordability, industry trade groups suggested adjusting policies at the GSEs. There’s also debate between MBA and CHLA on credit scoring practices.

Fannie and Freddie representatives gave attendees at the MISMO Winter Summit a better sense of the timeline for fully implementing UAD 3.6 and UCD 2.0.

Testimony from both liberal and conservative housing industry observers questioned the Trump administration’s policy regarding the future of Fannie and Freddie.

Freddie multifamily acquisitions more than doubled from the second quarter to the third, suggesting the GSE was responsible for most of the $27.84 billion spike in multifamily debt held in federal agencies and GSE portfolio and MBS.

The president wants Fannie and Freddie to buy $200 billion in agency MBS to lower interest rates and reduce the cost of buying a home. Initial reaction from MBS analysts was mixed.