If the GSEs’ margins from the first three quarters of 2020 hold, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could earn combined profits of $19.9 billion for the year.

New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has yet to pick who will lead housing policy and GSE reform in the Biden administration. However, liberal think tanks may be a good place to look.

The MBA said it will continue to negotiate the suspect provision of the PSPA, while Rob Zimmer of the CMLA hinted at efforts to abrogate the new rule.

Newly installed SBC Chair Sherrod Brown lambasted FHFA for ignoring the spirit of the CARES Act by allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sell nonperforming and reperforming loans during the pandemic.

An endorsement from international ESG ratings firm Sustainalytics could whet investors’ appetite for Fannie Mae’s social and green MBS offerings.

Losses loom for the CRT investor as the 180-day forbearance period on millions of mortgages comes to an end.

The only general counsel the FHFA has ever known is stepping down.

International third-party examiners have endorsed the enterprise’s green and social bonds.

Mortgage companies across the country may have hired processors and underwriters based on fraudulent resumes.