Freddie Mac Prices $1.2 Billion K-Deal August 14, 2020 Dennis Hollier The offering followed close on the heels of three K-deals announced the previous week.Read More
Quicken: One Big IPO, Lots of Fine Print July 17, 2020 Dennis Hollier In its S-1 filing, Quicken (not surprisingly) said it’s powerless to modify the rules that govern its relationship with the GSEs.Read More
Quicken’s Peers Believe the Nonbank Can Pull Off an IPO June 19, 2020 Dennis Hollier The nonbank accounted for 7.7% of originations in the first quarter of 2020.Read More
Freddie Prices Two K-Deals June 19, 2020 Dennis Hollier The GSE priced two deals totaling $1.17 billion. Read More
GSEs Set Schedule for LIBOR/SOFR Switch June 5, 2020 Dennis Hollier After Sept. 15, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will no longer accept LIBOR loan applications. Moreover, the FHFA and the GSEs expect all loan purchases linked to the London benchmark to cease by yearend.Read More
GSEs to Buy Forbearance Loans April 24, 2020 Dennis Hollier Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will purchase single-family mortgages that are in forbearance. But there’s a catch: steep LLPAs.Read More
GSE Economists Revise Forecasts on Pandemic Woes April 24, 2020 Dennis Hollier Fannie economists predict a shocking 25.3% drop in second-quarter GDP, including a 36.2% free-fall in residential fixed investment.Read More
Fannie Identifies Multifamily MBS Impacted by COVID-19 April 24, 2020 Dennis Hollier The list, which currently includes only four pools, will be updated weekly. It can be found on the DUS Disclose page of Fannie’s website. Read More
Freddie Prices K-Deals Worth $1.7 Billion April 10, 2020 Dennis Hollier Freddie Mac priced two K-deals, which include separate floating-rate tranches linked to LIBOR and SOFR. Read More
We’ve Got Two Months to Fix This: Calabria March 27, 2020 Dennis Hollier If the coronavirus crisis goes on for more than six to eight weeks, FHFA Director Mark Calabria sees mortgage servicers under “a lot of stress.”Read More