A new nonagency MBS has hit the market...

Purchase-mortgage business held steady in Fannie/Freddie MBS issuance in July while refinance volume continued to drop. (Includes two data charts.)

Beginning in March 2023, GSE servicers will have to retain fair lending data. FHFA set the requirement, citing lessons learned during the pandemic.

Sheila Bair, who resigned as Fannie board chair earlier this year, said the GSEs are ready to exit conservatorship.

The GSEs earned a combined $20.5 billion in theoretical net income under the severely adverse economic scenario of the 2022 stress tests. But those returns would vanish if they had to reserve for deferred tax assets.

The latest Freddie tender offer attracted less interest, with investors cashing in fewer certificates than for previous offers.

The former Credit Suisse executive will replace J. Douglass Watt, who is retiring in November.

Mortgage fraud has gone beyond borrowers simply falsifying income and employment information.

The regulator of the GSEs rejiggers its leadership team, firming up supervision of its Divisions of Housing Mission and Goals and Bank Regulation.

Fitch Ratings affirmed its ratings of both master serving and special servicing for Freddie’s multifamily business.