Prior to being placed into conservatorship in the fall of 2008, it was common for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offer guarantee fee discounts to their largest customers, a situation that put smaller lenders at a disadvantage.

The senators argue that the failure to gather market-wide information will result in disparate treatment of borrowers and lead to data quality issues.

Dems say the language preference question and associated housing counseling information sections of the URLA were designed to improve access to mortgage financing for limited-English-speaking but credit-worthy homebuyers

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria Tuesday raised eyebrows when he told the House Financial Services Committee during a hearing housing finance reform that he is open to wiping out the shareholders...