Outstanding FHLBank advances have only surpassed $1 trillion one other time. Banks and thrifts — including now-failed institutions — boosted their advance usage in the first quarter. (Includes three data charts.)

Deciding whether the GSEs should use FICO or VantageScore or both turned out to be the easy part. The hard part is going to be the multiyear process of figuring out how to use the scores together.

Residential MBS investors say that, rather than publish a social index for their MBS, the GSEs should just disclose the data that goes into making that index.

Jupiter Intelligence will provide Fannie with climate data and analytics for at-risk communities in Baltimore and Memphis.

A new Fannie chartbook provides detailed cohort-level data on the socially oriented lending backed by the enterprise.

The new social index methodology gives investors a rigorous, pool-based measure of the social impact of the mortgage-backed securities issued by the enterprises.

Amid declining volumes, the largest and smallest lenders who sell to the GSEs lost market share while large and mid-sized lenders got a bigger piece of the pie. (Includes two data charts.)

Beginning in November, Freddie’s weekly mortgage rate results will be based on the applications submitted from thousands of mortgage lenders around the country.

Loan performance at Fannie and Freddie leads overall delinquency rates to a two-decade low.

An increase in member borrowing contributes to a $105 million increase in profits for the FHLB system. (Includes three data charts.)