Fannie and Freddie reported $1.01 billion in seller repurchases during the first quarter of 2022, the highest quarterly volume in nearly eight years. (Includes three data charts.)

GSE insiders worry litigation over race-based housing assistance will undermine the enterprises’ equitable housing finance plans.

The new 50-basis-point upfront fee is intended to offset the cost of capital each enterprise is required to hold for guaranteeing the collateral of its competitor.

An industry survey commissioned by VantageScore shows more support for a FICO alternative than previously thought.

MBS investors will now have access to 18 years of refinance and prepayment data derived from Desktop Underwriter.

Fannie and Freddie bolstered their affordable housing acquisitions in 2021; FHLB not so much.

Freddie continues to remove uneconomical credit-risk transfer notes from its balance sheet.

In addition to a Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction, the GSE’s capital markets team completed a $477.2 million non-performing loan sale.

Rich Martinez joins the growing roster of executives abandoning the GSEs for greener pastures.

As a share of total mortgages sold to the GSEs, refinances fell to just 37.9% in May, the lowest level since July 2019.