The compensation calculus at the GSEs dates back to 2012. FHFA wants to know if it’s time to change that.

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.

Who better than a 30-year industry veteran to head the government-sponsored enterprise?

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

Jason Griest has been with Freddie for the past eight years. Prior to that, he held capital markets or securitizations positions at Fannie Mae, Bank of America and JP Morgan.

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.