Between 2022 and 2024, Fannie’s open multifamily fraud investigations spiked from 14 to 193. In the same interval, actual fraud findings went from 3 to 87.

Freddie is revising its liquidity verification documentation requirements for sponsors to include a liquidity verification worksheet with delivery of the full underwriting package.

Lenders are ultimately responsible for the quality and accuracy of appraisals. That means their quality control teams need to review every appraisal to preserve rep-and-warrant protection.

Freddie sets an end date for investors to exchange legacy securities for those created as part of the single security initiative.

Mortgage applications are on the upswing as interest rates and spreads fall. FHFA says Trump is responsible, but critics disagree.

Among several changes, Fannie rebranded its HomeStyle Energy product.

Urban Institute researchers said in a recent report that only strategies that catalyze new construction can truly address the housing affordability problem.

Former Freddie Mac CEO Don Layton said changes to the CRT program in recent years have led to the GSEs carrying more credit risk.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-AL, said the move will not only save the taxpayers money, but it will bring jobs to his state.

Don Layton, under whose leadership Freddie rolled out the first CRT transaction in 2012, said cracks in the GSEs’ CRT programs expose them to systemic risks. The cure: a new capital rule.