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GSE Seller Buybacks Drop in 1Q19, But Pipeline Grows

Seller repurchases of defective loans dropped to the second-lowest total on record, but Freddie repurchases remained significantly higher than Fannie's. The volume of unresolved claims was up from the fourth quarter. Read More

Nonbank Footprint in GSE Market Continues Growing

Nonbanks have increased their role in the selling and servicing of Fannie/Freddie mortgages. Nonbanks also sell somewhat riskier loans for which the GSEs are paid higher guarantee fees. Read More

Are Fannie and Freddie SIFIs or SIFMUs?

Experts agree the GSEs are systemically important. The question is whether they are SIFIs or SIFMUs or something else. Read More

Reassessing the State of GSE Reform

Mortgage industry experts zero in on FHFA’s risk-based capital rule as the linchpin for successful housing-finance reform. Read More

Appraisers Tell Congress Not to Dilute the Valuation Process

Industry advocates are complaining that the GSEs are using automation and other technology to dilute the valuation process. Read More

FHFA-Wells Fargo Lawsuit Takes a Timeout

In one of the last subprime cases, a New York district court stayed an appeal by FHFA to exclude Freddie from a class action settlement. Read More

NPL Sales by Fannie/Freddie Spike 44% Last Year

The GSEs continue to offload delinquent loans in their mortgage portfolios, bringing the tally of loans sold since 2014 to 117,466 with an unpaid balance of more than $22 billion. Page 9. Read More

Freddie Consolidating its Affordable Housing Efforts

The GSE is trying to gather all the stakeholders of the affordable housing “ecosystem,” including lenders, counselors, local housing agencies, and real estate professionals, under a single umbrella. Read More

GSE Roundup

Freddie announces a $1.3 billion Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction; Fannie prices a $1 billion REMIC deal; Freddie launches a new product to address aging housing supply; CEO Layton’s last week at Freddie. Read More

Inside The GSEs

June 28, 2019

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GSE Seller Buybacks Drop in 1Q19, But Pipeline Grows

Nonbank Footprint in GSE Market Continues Growing

Are Fannie and Freddie SIFIs or SIFMUs?

Reassessing the State of GSE Reform

Appraisers Tell Congress Not to Dilute the Valuation Process

FHFA-Wells Fargo Lawsuit Takes a Timeout

NPL Sales by Fannie/Freddie Spike 44% Last Year

Freddie Consolidating its Affordable Housing Efforts

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Inside The GSEs

June 28, 2019

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