Industry advocates point out that, unlike other forms of credit-risk transfer, private mortgage insurance stands in front of all other losses.

A Massachusetts couple pleaded guilty to mail fraud, identity theft and tax evasion in connection to a scheme to defraud Freddie Mac.

The liquid assets required of nonbank seller/servicers will rise from 3.5 basis points to 4.0 bps for the unpaid principal balance of their enterprise servicing.

The CFPB plans to move away from the use of DTI as a criteria for a qualified mortgage, and instead opt for a pricing threshold.

SIFMA said the Ginnie-like market structure proposed by FHFA isn’t appropriate for conventional MBS. Moreover, the plan doesn’t address the continued misalignment of MBS issued by Fannie and Freddie.

Affordable housing advocates say a high concentration of ownership by private equity firms makes residents of manufactured home communities vulnerable to unsustainable increases in rent or maintenance fees.

The latest multifamily transaction continues the enterprise’s move toward Secured Overnight Financing Rate-based bonds.

Freddie’s return to LIHTC investment in 2018 has resulted in projects in underserved communities in 22 states plus Puerto Rico and Guam.

One of the key jobs of the Financial Stability Oversight Council is to make suggestions and recommendations to regulators to avoid SIFI designations, the FHFA director said.

Policy changes impacting 15% of GDP in an election year are inherently risky, according to Isaac Boltansky of Compass Point. The result, he said, is likely to be “a long and winding road” toward housing-finance reform.