Fannie and Freddie combined to issue just $48.42 billion of single-family MBS in November, a 19.5% decrease from October. Year to date, volume was down 54.1%. (Includes two data charts.)

If the nation goes into recession, paper losses on Treasuries and MBS may deprive small community banks from accessing critical FHLBank advances.

Mortgage brokers argue homeowners shouldn't have to pay fees to fund governmental policy initiatives.

A district court judge in Houston said the plaintiffs weren’t able to prove that they were harmed because President Trump was prevented from removing FHFA Director Mel Watt from office for two years.

As of Jan. 1, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will for the first time be able to purchase one-unit single-family loans worth more than $1 million.

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

Tight spreads in the money markets keep some liquidity in the to-be-announced market.

A table comprised of 13 categories and dozens of subcategories itemizes all the ways a mortgage loan can go bad.

Fannie’s last CIRT transaction of 2022 covers $343 million in credit risk on $10.1 billion in single-family loans.

FHFA economists focus on the mechanisms driving and defining home prices.