New directives would improve collateral transfers between FHLBank members and the Federal Reserve and improve access to longer-term advances.

Although neither housing EO released last week by President Trump mentions them by name, it’s clear Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have a hand in implementing the proposed policy changes.

In today’s gig economy, sometimes the hardest job for a lender is figuring out how to calculate a borrower’s income.

FHFA greenlights the use of actual cash value insurance to cover the roofs of condos; all other elements of the project will still require replacement value policies, though.

What the GSEs are worth to the federal government; new MBS disclosures; former Freddie VP resurfaces at the helm of nonprofit.

Lower credit scores lead to both stiffer mortgage rates and higher home insurance premiums, adding to the affordability challenge, according to new finding.

“The risk,” said Mario Ichaso, a trading desk strategist at Wells Fargo, “is that stagflation becomes the common, more dominating view, and mortgage spreads could widen in that situation.”

Since the Iran war started, interest rates have returned to where they were when President Trump directed the GSEs to purchase $200 billion in MBS and most analysts say GSE reform is now off the table.

“The condo insurance requirements will reduce costs for existing homeowners and will make tens of thousands of additional units eligible for lower cost GSE financing,” said Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the MBA.

Interest rates on mortgages are back above where they were before President Trump directed the GSEs to buy $200 billion of MBS.