FHFA Director Bill Pulte didn't participate in Freddie's first-quarter earnings call, as he did for Fannie's on Wednesday, but his presence was felt.

FHFA's new director made an appearance at Fannie Mae's first-quarter earnings call.

There was also a slight year-over-year decline in Fannie servicing.

The researchers said, "Despite these large effects, we find no evidence of an offsetting increase in lending for primary residences.”

Chase Home Financial remained the largest GSE servicer with a portfolio of $589.62 billion at the end of March. But Mr. Cooper came in a close second. (Includes two data tables.)

Like most GSE reform plans, the hedge funder’s plan to privatize Fannie and Freddie starts with Treasury writing down its senior preferred shares and FHFA sharply reducing the capital requirements for the GSEs.

FHFA’s director alleges that New York State Attorney General Letitia James lied on mortgage applications in order to qualify for GSE loans.

NAMB has urged FHFA to end the GSEs’ use of LLPAs targeting second homes and investment properties and to lower the AMI threshold for borrowers to qualify for affordable housing programs.

CFPB researchers determined that, although loans for second homes declined after FHFA imposed steep fees on those loan types, the expected increase in primary-residence loans never materialized.

Although high interest rates have cut into GSE acquisitions, depriving PMIs of new business, they have also prevented homeowners from selling, allowing insurers to hold on to the business they have.