An increase in outstanding advances in the second quarter helped offset lower margins at the FHLBanks. (Includes three data tables.)

Frustrated with FICO and the big three credit reporting bureaus, the FHFA director abruptly ushered in the era of two competing credit scores.

Jon Oksenholt’s plan would create a parent company that would own the GSEs and Common Securitization Services but allow them to keep their charters and operate independently.

Fannie reshuffled the rental income section of its seller guide in response to lender complaints that the guidance was too complex.

Both executives and rank-and-file employees at Fannie Mae are more pessimistic about job security.

With the mandate for UAD 3.6 fast approaching, there’s been a dramatic expansion in the number of appraisal software providers.

The Congressional Research Service reminds stakeholders of the complications involved in reprivatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Terminating the use of SPCPs continues the Trump administration’s war on DEI.

Although investors would own just one listed security, Fannie and Freddie “could maintain separate underwriting, pricing, credit and customer service decisions,” according to Jon Oksenholt, the eponymous founder of Oksenholt Capital Management.

Private MIs are fully prepared for the credit score transition at the GSEs, according to Seth Appleton, president of U.S. Mortgage Insurers.