Given the financial and political hurdles that stand in the way of releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship, it may be only a second- or third-tier issue for the Trump administration.

Hugh Frater and Don Layton speculate on the likelihood a second Trump administration can get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship.

The new Republican chair of the Senate Banking Committee sharply criticized FHFA Director Sandra Thompson on her way out.

The former chief housing advisor to the Treasury secretary during the first Trump administration will now oversee Freddie’s regulatory and conservatorship affairs operations.

The FHFA director joins a number of financial regulators resigning from their posts before the second Trump administration begins.

California wildfires, attorney fees, collateral valuations and board elections.

It’s the first time Freddie’s MBS business has been larger than Fannie’s on an annual basis since 1991.

Treasury and FHFA agreed on some guidelines for how the process of getting the GSEs out of conservatorship will work. But they didn’t set that process in motion.

Even if lawmakers can’t agree on how or whether to release the GSEs from conservatorship, there are incremental steps they can take, according to former FHFA Director Mark Calabria.

The housing goals include several benchmarks that have been reduced to reflect challenges in the mortgage market.