The hiatus in the net worth sweep added $12.53 billion to the GSEs’ combined net worth over the last six months of 2019, including fourth-quarter profit of $4.27 billion at Fannie and $2.45 billion at Freddie. (Includes data chart.)

The latest multifamily transaction continues the enterprise’s move toward Secured Overnight Financing Rate-based bonds.

Freddie’s return to LIHTC investment in 2018 has resulted in projects in underserved communities in 22 states plus Puerto Rico and Guam.

The new cap structure will allow each firm to invest up to $100 billion in multifamily projects over the next five quarters. At least 37.5% of that investment must be for affordable housing.

Falling interest rates and rising NOIs drive a surge in Fannie's and Freddie’s multifamily business. One problem: how to stay under the cap.

The indictment of apartment mogul Robert Morgan and several of his associates may have accelerated the prepayment speeds of dozens of Fannie’s and Freddie’s multifamily MBS.

The GSE continues to grow its multifamily pass-through business and expands the geographic diversification of underlying assets.

Late last month, Bloomberg reported that Kushner Cos., the real estate investment firm owned by the family of President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, was in negotiations with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for as much a $1.15 billion in loans. Some facts, though, make it difficult to know if the story is accurate.

A roundup of brief news items about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Despite a slow fourth quarter, 2018 turned out to be the most profitable year since 2013 for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And, although only a fraction of the size of the GSEs’ single-family business, multifamily remained a bright spot. [Includes one data chart.]