During a recent congressional hearing, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said the agency will conduct a 90-year lookback as well as a forward-looking analysis of the FHLBank system.

At the first of three planned listening sessions, FHFA heard that for-profit investors increasingly use litigation to pressure nonprofit affordable housing developers to sell LIHTC-funded properties at minimal prices.

The number of loans in Fannie and Freddie portfolios that are less than two years delinquent nearly tripled in 2021, courtesy of COVID.

The mortgage selling policy proposals now submitted by the GSEs gives FHFA adequate insight into their credit risk, an OIG report found.

Fannie and Freddie have published translations of the supplemental consumer information forms into five languages.

The Fannie/Freddie regulator indicated it will review the impact of the ERCF on the UMBS market, but for now won’t delay implementation of the new fee.

The impact of the Equifax credit score snafu appears to be minimal, limiting the headache for lenders.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s auditor concluded that the agency complied with an executive order making climate-related risk a priority for financial regulators.

Almost exactly a year after taking the helm as acting director, Thompson begins a five-year term as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. She is the first woman to hold the job.

A federal court in South Carolina uncovers a scheme of kickbacks and bribes related to FHLB and HUD affordable housing program grants.