The trade group reiterated that Fannie and Freddie should not be permitted to exit conservatorship until further systematic, wholesale and long-term reforms are made permanent.

Industry stakeholders said FHFA should find tremendous value in the CRT program as it reduces systemic risk by distributing risk across many investors and transactions.

Wells Fargo and Chase together accounted for more than half of all borrowers exiting forbearance in July, Wells Fargo Securities found in its deep dive into new, loan-level data on Fannie Mae’s Connecticut Avenue Securities.

An economist finds that, when community banks gain access to FHLB advances, competition in local markets increases significantly, with mortgage rates in the market falling by an average of 8 bps.

The loans were divided among four pools. Three were sold to VRMTG ACQ, a minority- and woman-owned business.

Freddie prices its first sustainability K-deal, a $535 million transaction.

A federal prosecutor in Georgia has charged 12 individuals in connection with a multiyear scheme to defraud Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Freddie told homeowners that, in addition to the traditional disaster relief options provided by the GSEs, they may be eligible for relief through COVID-related forbearance programs.

There’s plenty of evidence that housing isn’t as healthy as it appears. The most important data point is probably the increase in the rate of serious mortgage delinquencies, which reached 4.4% in the second quarter, the highest level since 2014.

MBA also urged the regulator to create guardrails to prevent any individual shareholder from gaining control of Fannie and Freddie after they’ve exited conservatorship…