If the coronavirus crisis goes on for more than six to eight weeks, FHFA Director Mark Calabria sees mortgage servicers under “a lot of stress.”

The Federal Housing Finance Agency this week temporarily allowed Fannie and Freddie to finance mortgage-backed securities.

One of the early casualties of the coronavirus outbreak is the much-anticipated, re-proposed capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Fannie and Freddie are providing “alternative flexibilities” to reduce the need for appraisers to inspect the interior of a home.

Federal Reserve operations this week swallowed up more than $39.8 billion in agency MBS, including about $31.7 billion in uniform MBS.

The GSEs have extended their forbearance programs to include multifamily borrowers and renters experiencing hardship due to COVID-19.

One mortgage REIT is already feeling the effects of the GSEs’ move to unwind an obscure credit-risk transfer program by yearend.

FICO subject of DOJ antitrust probe; Fannie board member to head OCC; Freddie discontinues LIBOR-linked debt.

Mortgage REITs came back from the brink this week, but the sector is not out of the woods quite yet. Thanks to the coronavirus, financial uncertainty remains the watchword.