Comments from AEI and the Cato Institute say, rather than reduce the capital requirements for the GSEs, FHFA should increase them.

Mike Gill was part of the team brought in by former FHFA Director Mark Calabria to prepare CSS to issue securities for potential competitors of Fannie and Freddie.

The GSEs’ regulator buys access to executive compensation data at the enterprises’ peers.

Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now completed tender offers on seasoned CRT notes to reduce interest expense on seasoned deals.

Don Layton said critics don’t like credit-risk transfers because they make the GSEs stronger and more durable.

Senate Republicans say they’re prepared to let the current debt ceiling lapse if Democrats won’t use the budget reconciliation process to pass it on their own, with implications for the GSEs.

The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, has long been critical of the reliance on appraisal waivers...

The regulator of the GSEs said it met most of its goals and subgoals for the past year. And once again, FHFA announced plans to significantly grow its staff.

Fannie Mae knows that the loans in its green programs aren’t necessarily super-green, but officials at the GSEs say incremental improvement in existing buildings is a major goal.

The failure of Zillow’s algorithm to provide reliable forecasts of home price changes could mean the GSEs’ automated valuation models are also suspect. Really?