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 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.

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 remaining items on the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda for FHFA are primarily proposals affecting the Federal Home Loan Banks.

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

MBA revisits complaints about a new regulation that requires the GSEs to certify that third-party service providers are compliant with FTC rules covering unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

Trade groups point out that it sometimes takes days for lenders to get their collateral back after paying off a Fed advance.