Disagreements about the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s new pricing grids for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac highlight differences between Democrats and Republicans.
Chase Home Finance dethroned Wells Fargo as the largest GSE servicer and the big servicers — both banks and nonbanks — expanded their market share in the first quarter of 2023. (Includes two data charts.)
FHFA has asserted that most of the changes to the GSEs’ loan-level pricing adjustment grids are risk based or meant to meet the GSEs’ capital requirements.
The chair of the Senate Banking Committee wants FHFA to examine the implications of the Federal Home Loan Banks becoming the lender of last resort for struggling financial institutions.