Some history: When GMAC imploded earlier in the decade, some of its GSE servicing rights were sold to Ocwen. Ocwen eventually sold those contracts to Nationstar.

While the pilot is limited to New Hampshire home buyers, Fannie thinks the pilot could open the door to other states doing something similar…

The plaintiffs have long argued that the government is trying to keep roughly 1,500 documents hidden under the deliberative process and bank examination privileges.

A handful of GSE watchers we spoke to believe that in time Watt will work out a compromise with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on zero capital...

Meanwhile, FHFA Director Mel Watt called the new IG audit “seriously flawed…”

Keep in mind that Mel Watt’s term as Federal Housing Finance Agency director expires in January 2019...

Freddie Mac: “We are also specifying that an unlicensed or trainee (or similar classification) appraiser may perform a completion report…”

As a result, they urge the GSEs to do away with the appraisal waiver program for now…

The IMF, of course, has no jurisdiction whatsoever over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…

It appears that 2017 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years for the first-time homebuyer market…