A coalition of most of the major mortgage industry participants says FHFA and the GSEs should be more transparent about how they assessed and validated the new credit score models.

In general, appraisers can adjust down a comparable valuation dollar for dollar with the value of seller concessions.

Ten years after the first single-family securitization was issued, S&P Global Ratings is ready to assess the deals.

First American Financial argues that title insurance is a negligible life-of-loan cost for homeowners and is not regressive.

The prepayment characteristics of small-balance mortgages make them attractive to agency MBS investors.

A significant portion of the net revenue lenders earn on small-balance loans can be attributed to the premiums investors pay for specified pools, according to an analysis by Fannie Mae.

The GSEs’ new multifamily loan acquisitions came to just $82.7 billion in the first 10 months of the year. That was down 23.8% from the first 10 months of 2022.

Deliveries to the GSEs were down 7.0% in November compared with October.

Prices for some credit reporting products have jumped by 400%.

Leaders of the FHLBanks and FHFA appear to be at odds on the banks' role in times of distress.