By acing their 2021 stress tests, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have demonstrated they’re no longer a threat to taxpayers, but they’re still years away from having enough capital.

Affordable housing advocates say Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should do more to prevent investors from exploiting loopholes to profit off of LIHTC-funded properties.

FHFA to house resume-like data of prospective GSE executives in new database.

New scoring methodology might make it easier for investors to evaluate Fannie social bonds.

Since the Federal Open Market Committee ostensibly began to let them run off on June 1, SOMA’s holdings of agency MBS have increased by $20 billion.

FHFA says the new committee will provide greater transparency on policy and give shareholders more input on matters related to affordable, equitable and sustainable housing.

Ian Ouwerkerk, who began running multifamily underwriting and credit for Freddie on an interim basis in the first quarter, has been promoted permanently to the job.

Before the pandemic, lenders sold their MSR 80% of the time but after COVID, they retained 70% of their MSRs. Now, the split is 55/45.

Different modification rates for commercial MBS and bank lending affect loan terms for borrowers and delinquency rates.

One analyst believes the rule change has already contributed to further widening of spreads for Ginnie securities over Treasuries.