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Inside The GSEs

August 9, 2019

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Fannie/Freddie 2Q19 Profits Down

Fannie and Freddie reported lower combined comprehensive income in the second quarter compared with a year ago. While net interest income and non-interest income declined, expenses shot up. Read More

Fannie Sees Bigger Gains in July Business than Freddie

Both GSEs posted their highest monthly volume of single-family MBS issuance since January 2017. Purchase-mortgage and refinance business rose significantly. Read More

Former Freddie CEO Says GSE Reform is Mostly Done

A decade of incremental reform has set the stage for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to exit conservatorship, according to Don Layton. Read More

Former FHLB Executives Plead Guilty to Expense Account Fraud

Former FLHB-Dallas executives have admitted to charging the bank $1.2 million for fraudulent travel expenses and unclaimed vacation time. Read More

Majority of GSEs’ Activities May Be Outside Their Core Mission

“Patch” loans, cash-out refinances, investment loans and second family homes constitute more than 50% of the dollar volume of Fannie and Freddie MBS issuance. Read More

Initial Appetite for UMBS Strong

The successful launch of the single security — more than $9.5 trillion in UMBS has traded through the end of July — may pave the way for broader housing-finance reform, according to researchers at the Urban Institute. Read More

Mandate for Redesigned URLA Further Delayed

Concerns of industry participants provoke edits and postponement of a new mortgage application form. Read More

Freddie Mac Prices a Mix of Structured Pass-Through Certificates

Freddie continues to price a wide variety of multifamily STACR products for CRT investors. Read More

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