Plaintiffs claim former FHFA Director Mel Watt “thwarted” former President Trump’s plan to end the net worth sweep. The government says, “What plan?”

Fannie and Freddie modified their policies to support lower-income borrowers by allowing greater use of downpayment assistance and equity-sharing programs.

Despite significant premiums offered by Fannie Mae, the GSE was only able to repurchase 62.7% of the notes in its latest CAS tender offer.

The Fed’s massive increase in interest rates has lowered the value of 20-year-plus Treasuries by 30%, according to NBER economists.

CRT activity came to a complete halt in the second quarter of 2020, at the onset of the pandemic, and in the fourth quarter of 2022.

After a three-month hiatus, Fannie rebounded with $1.44 billion in CAS deals, while Freddie’s STACR issuance totaled $611.0 million. (Includes data chart.)

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has withdrawn the controversial fee the GSEs planned to charge based on a borrower’s debt-to-income ratio.

The “sea of red” in the mortgage bond market probably isn’t going to be enough to get the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates, according to industry experts.

The controversial fee was set to take effect Aug. 1.

The big servicers got a little bigger and Chase overtook Wells as the largest GSE servicer in the first quarter.