FHLBank treatment of collateral may be inhibiting development of affordable housing, industry stakeholders told FHFA in comments.

Based on the success of payment deferrals during the COVID-19 emergency and feedback from industry, FHFA has made the option a key part of loss mitigation for the GSEs.

FHFA, a member of the PAVE task force, provided the bulk of the appraisal data that the task force will use for oversight, enforcement and research.

In order to have a return on capital sufficient to attract private investors, the GSEs would have to charge g-fees of about 76 basis points, according to former Freddie CEO Don Layton.

Private insurers will assume the credit risk on up to $926 million in mortgage losses.

As is so often the case with efforts to improve institutional diversity, progress on inclusiveness at FHFA has been mixed.

What's a proper g-fee level? A former Freddie CEO weighs in...

The pandemic-era tool will now become a standard part of the GSEs' loss-mitigation strategy.

When asked if there were other banks that might be in danger of failing, the Fed chair was dismissive.

Most banks are better insulated than Silicon Valley Bank from duration risk in MBS and similar holdings, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. (Includes two data charts.)