Refinance business continue to drop sharply at both GSEs, but Freddie recorded a solid gain in purchase-loan acquisitions. (Includes two data charts.)

The Fannie/Freddie joint venture bolsters its information security programs with veteran hire.

Fannie and Freddie offer investors a wide range of summer deals.

The enterprise’s mid-summer transactions give investors a broad range of securities options.

Fannie cites study showing that CMBS prepayment penalties more than cover the prepayment costs for investors.

Fannie and Freddie roll out deals that include green bonds, affordable housing offerings, and plain vanilla multifamily MBS.

Freddie mixes up its capital offerings with social bonds in support of intellectually and developmentally challenged individuals.

Out of the $3.158 trillion unpaid principal balance in Fannie’s population of outstanding MBS, $201.3 billion would be eligible for a refi under the new program.

Fannie continues to cut the size of its retained mortgage portfolio.

The program will be rolled out to GSE borrowers with incomes at or below 80% of a geographic area’s median income. One stipulation: no more than one missed payment in the past 12 months.