Conservative economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin said the Federal Reserve’s exit from the MBS market is helping drive up interest rates in the affordable housing space. The remedy, he said, is GSE reform.

WI certificates are expected to become the primary way for investors to acquire the A-M and A-2 classes of Freddie’s signature K-deals.

During a recent congressional hearing, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said the agency will conduct a 90-year lookback as well as a forward-looking analysis of the FHLBank system.

The two transactions leave insurers on the hook for a combined $1.02 billion in losses.

HR veteran Katie Jones has joined the enterprise from PRA Group, a global debt collections firm based in Virginia.

Dennis Hermonstyne named as CCO at the GSE.

The mortgage giant netted $4.65 billion in the second quarter, a 6% sequential jump, but a 40% decline from 2Q21.

Borrowers in counties with higher rates of voting and census participation and more nonprofits receive faster loan approvals and better terms and exhibit lower rates of delinquency, according to a new study.

The mismatch between falling interest income at the Fed and growing interest expense is projected to result in deferred assets of between $60 billion and $150 billion.

A federal appeals court panel ruled that the SEC didn’t act on the whistleblower’s information about misconduct at RBS even though it passed the information to the DOJ and FHFA, which reached settlements.