Mortgage brokers argue homeowners shouldn't have to pay fees to fund governmental policy initiatives.

A district court judge in Houston said the plaintiffs weren’t able to prove that they were harmed because President Trump was prevented from removing FHFA Director Mel Watt from office for two years.

As of Jan. 1, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will for the first time be able to purchase one-unit single-family loans worth more than $1 million.

The volume of multifamily loans the enterprises can purchase will be smaller in 2023, but the FHFA also expanded the mission-oriented qualifications.

Loan-level price adjustments for low-income and first-time borrowers and for loans that meet duty-to-serve requirements will be a thing of the past on Dec. 2.

The average g-fee charged on single-family loans in 2021 rose from 54 basis points to 56 bps. Much of the increase can be traced to 15-year fixed-rate refinances, which were subject to an extra adverse market fee.

FHFA is betting the formerly proprietary appraisal data of Fannie and Freddie can help reduce bias in the marketplace.

By some estimates, the enterprises will have to increase guarantee fees by about 3 basis points to offset the lost revenue from FHFA's targeted elimination of LLPAs.

While the FHLBanks tout the utility of the system’s status quo, small independent mortgage bankers push a change that would give nonbanks access to FHLB credit without FHLB membership.

FHFA applies a capital treatment to banks that differs from those used by federal banking regulators. The differences could limit banks’ ability to access Federal Home Loan Bank advances.