Dennis Hollier

After CECL, Industry Wants Mark-to-Market Suspended

April 9, 2020

With markets reeling from the impact of the coronavirus, trade groups have called for the suspension of the mark-to-market accounting rule.

As MBA Battles FHFA, Industry Banks on the Fed

April 9, 2020

Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier

Nonbank liquidity remained a contentious issue this week with the FHFA shutting the Fannie/Freddie assistance window as the coronavirus continued to hammer the U.S. economy. Solutions? Maybe the Fed.

Former Freddie CEO Offers a Fix for Mortgage Servicing

April 9, 2020

Dennis Hollier

The support mortgage servicers receive during the coronavirus crisis may be used as a cudgel to enforce key changes.

FHFA Hires Law Firm to Advise on Ending Conservatorships

April 9, 2020

Dennis Hollier

Milbank has received a one-year, $3 million contract to provide legal services related to ending the conservatorships of the GSEs.

FHFA: Fannie and Freddie Won’t be Financing MBS Servicers Anytime Soon; Industry Not Happy

April 7, 2020

Dennis Hollier and Paul Muolo

FHFA's stance has mortgage bankers perplexed, to say the least...

FHFA Hires Law Firm to Advise on GSEs’ Exit from Conservatorship

April 6, 2020

Dennis Hollier

The $13 million Milbank contract, which follows the agency’s February selection of Houlihan Lokey as its capital markets advisor, suggests the FHFA remains committed to recap-and-release.

Fed Buys $1.4 Billion of Agency Multifamily MBS

April 2, 2020

Dennis Hollier

On the same day that the Federal Reserve bought its first $1 billion in agency multifamily MBS, it purchased more than $41 billion in agency single-family MBS.

Calabria Says 2 Million Borrowers May Seek Forbearance by June

April 2, 2020

Dennis Hollier

The FHFA director expects that close to one million GSE borrowers will inquire about forbearance during April, and two million by June.

Nonbank Servicers Want Guidance on CARES Act

April 2, 2020

Dennis Hollier

The bill asks servicers of agency loans to offer forbearance to borrowers experiencing “hardship” but doesn’t say how to assess the impact.

FHFA: 2 Million Forbearance Inquiries from Fannie/Freddie Borrowers by May 31

April 1, 2020

Dennis Hollier

FHFA Director Mark Calabria: “The lenders I’m talking to have said that 75% to 80% of their calls are from people who are not yet facing hardship. They just want to know what their options are.”

Dennis Hollier

ARTICLES

After CECL, Industry Wants Mark-to-Market Suspended

As MBA Battles FHFA, Industry Banks on the Fed

Former Freddie CEO Offers a Fix for Mortgage Servicing

FHFA Hires Law Firm to Advise on Ending Conservatorships

FHFA: Fannie and Freddie Won’t be Financing MBS Servicers Anytime Soon; Industry Not Happy

FHFA Hires Law Firm to Advise on GSEs’ Exit from Conservatorship

Fed Buys $1.4 Billion of Agency Multifamily MBS

Calabria Says 2 Million Borrowers May Seek Forbearance by June

Nonbank Servicers Want Guidance on CARES Act

FHFA: 2 Million Forbearance Inquiries from Fannie/Freddie Borrowers by May 31

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