Dennis Hollier

GSEs Managing Multifamily Caps Amid Low Interest Rates

July 25, 2019

Fannie and Freddie are struggling to keep their multifamily caps under control in a red-hot apartment market. Meanwhile, life insurers are providing stiff competition.

Time to Consider the Public Utility Model for the GSEs?

July 25, 2019

Dennis Hollier

Freddie Mac’s former CEO Don Layton makes a case for the GSEs as public utilities.

Time to (Seriously) Consider the Public Utility Model for the GSEs?

July 25, 2019

Dennis Hollier

Harvard's Don Layton on creating more competition for Fannie and Freddie: “I have not encountered any knowledgeable people who think it could happen quickly."

SIFMA Calls for Explicit Government Guarantee of Agency MBS

July 18, 2019

Dennis Hollier

The Wall Street trade group cautioned that releasing the GSEs from conservatorship without an explicit government guarantee will scare investors and reduce the liquidity in the TBA market.

Grapevine: MSR Auctions Making a Comeback? / Stearns Cuts a Deal with PIMCO on Debt Recast

July 18, 2019

Paul Muolo and Dennis Hollier

Mortgage Grapevine: MSR auctions have been few and far between of late, but all that may soon change. Meanwhile, Stearns Lending has secured the cooperation of its largest bondholder, PIMCO, to reduce its debt load. Now, it's just a matter of time and working with the bankruptcy court.