Fannie and Freddie in a joint comment letter expressed concerns that the SEC’s proposed rule on conflict of interest could prevent the GSEs from issuing credit-risk transfer notes in a post-conservatorship world.

For Fannie, the most obvious change was a major expansion of the EHFP’s target audience. In its initial plan, the enterprise had focused almost exclusively on Black homebuyers.

New definitions in the amended rule will expand the number of colonias eligible for credit under the duty-to-serve obligations of the GSEs.

The regulator of the GSEs wants to know if there are ways it can help improve protections for the tenants of apartment buildings financed by Fannie and Freddie.

By the end of 2025, FHFA expects Fannie and Freddie to implement the use of FICO 10T and Vantage 4.0 into the mortgage process. Industry participants can expect a lot of hand-holding along the way.

FHLBank treatment of collateral may be inhibiting development of affordable housing, industry stakeholders told FHFA in comments.

Based on the success of payment deferrals during the COVID-19 emergency and feedback from industry, FHFA has made the option a key part of loss mitigation for the GSEs.

FHFA, a member of the PAVE task force, provided the bulk of the appraisal data that the task force will use for oversight, enforcement and research.

In order to have a return on capital sufficient to attract private investors, the GSEs would have to charge g-fees of about 76 basis points, according to former Freddie CEO Don Layton.

As is so often the case with efforts to improve institutional diversity, progress on inclusiveness at FHFA has been mixed.