Many stakeholders remain skeptical of the Trump administration’s efforts to release the GSEs from conservatorship, but some analysts now say the process need not meaningfully impact mortgage rates.

President Trump attempted to mollify concerns about the post-conservatorship guarantee of GSE MBS, but questions remain about the regulatory treatment of those securities and the TBA market.

The Fed is allowing its holdings of agency MBS to run off and many other big players in the MBS market appear to be close to tapped out.

The president’s plan to maintain the implicit guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MBS still leaves unanswered many questions that skeptics say are critical to the GSEs’ safe and sound exit from conservatorship.

The effort will start with new multifamily mortgages and could be expanded to single-family mortgages and to Freddie Mac.

Among the top 10 FHLB borrowers, only one added to its tally of outstanding advances in the first quarter.

In a Tuesday social media post, the president conflated the concepts of an implicit guarantee and an explicit guarantee for the GSEs.

Crime detection technology created by Palantir will be used to sniff out instances of mortgage fraud in Fannie's multifamily business.

The renewed interest in CRT was especially pronounced at Fannie, as the GSE avoided issuing Connecticut Avenue Securities in the fourth quarter.

Leaders at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac detailed how Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and new chairman at the GSEs, is influencing activity at the companies.