Rejiggering the Rube Goldberg machine of housing finance will require careful thought and timing. Unless Trump does it with an executive order.

Fair Isaac Corp. CEO William Lansing asserted that FICO is the best tool for assessing credit risk, and he doesn’t see that changing whether the government is more or less involved in the GSEs.

FHFA removed reference to DEI on the GSE scorecard. Are SPCPs next on the chopping block?

While the Trump administration wants to end the conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, there are numerous roadblocks.

Trump’s nominee for FHFA director has drawn strong support from some quarters, but also some reservations.

Although FHFA lowered the 2024 multifamily volume caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from $75 billion to $70 billion, enterprise financing in the sector didn’t reach that level.

Allowing the GSEs to purchase loans without requiring borrowers to purchase title insurance could save consumers as much as $96 million a year, according to a new analysis.

OIG finds that the FHFA IT team failed to document changes to its procedures for responding to binding operational directives from the Department of Homeland Security.

The GSEs’ credit score playbook now lists the implementation dates of the bi-merge and the shift away from Classic FICO as TBD.

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.