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Homebuying Season Lifts GSE MBS Business in April

Fannie saw significant gains in both purchase and refinance business in April. Wells Fargo was dethroned as the top GSE seller for the month. Read More

Craig Phillips, Architect of Blueprint for GSE Reform, Leaving Treasury

The man tasked with creating a plan to reform the nation’s housing-finance system said he’s leaving.

Calabria Sets the Stage for Recap and Release

The new FHFA director tells Realtors what he will and won’t do for GSE reform. The keys: more capital, more competition, more transparency. The problem: The agency can’t do it all on its own.

NAR Economists Critical of Calabria Plan

Economists at the National Association of Realtors prefer a public utility model for the GSEs; FHFA director touts the multi-guarantor approach. The trade group uses an appearance by Calabria as an opportunity to highlight the differences.

FHFA Continues to Grow Its Leadership Team

The regulator continues its hiring spree, plundering liberally from other departments. We hear Craig Phillips, Treasury’s point man on housing-finance reform, is available.

Freddie Creates a New Security for Affordable Housing

The new transaction will offer LIHTC lenders an additional source of liquidity in a tight market. A San Francisco transaction tests the waters to see if the new security floats.

D. Edward Greene Leaves Freddie for RED Capital

Affordable housing expert heads back to the private sector. Industry observers wait to see if this is the beginning of a wave as Freddie CEO Donald Layton retires.

Freddie Prices Two K-Deals Worth $1.68 Billion

The GSE continues to issue securities in multiple classes. The latest ones are two K-deals worth a combined $1.68 billion

Freddie Prices $2.4 Billion RPL Securitization

The government-sponsored enterprise sloughs more reperforming loans and nonperforming loans from its portfolio.

Inside The GSEs

May 17, 2019

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Homebuying Season Lifts GSE MBS Business in April

Craig Phillips, Architect of Blueprint for GSE Reform, Leaving Treasury

Calabria Sets the Stage for Recap and Release

NAR Economists Critical of Calabria Plan

FHFA Continues to Grow Its Leadership Team

Freddie Creates a New Security for Affordable Housing

D. Edward Greene Leaves Freddie for RED Capital

Freddie Prices Two K-Deals Worth $1.68 Billion

Freddie Prices $2.4 Billion RPL Securitization

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