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Inside The GSEs

January 17, 2020

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Nonbanks Continue to Grow Share of GSE Servicing in 4Q19

Most of the decline in bank GSE servicing was recorded at Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America. Big nonbank gainers included NewRez, Quick-en, Matrix Financial and PennyMac. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Calabria Weighs In on FSOC, Nonbank Risk and More

One of the key jobs of the Financial Stability Oversight Council is to make suggestions and recommendations to regulators to avoid SIFI designations, the FHFA director said. Read More

Analysts Skeptical About GSE Reform Panning Out in 2020

Policy changes impacting 15% of GDP in an election year are inherently risky, according to Isaac Boltansky of Compass Point. The result, he said, is likely to be “a long and winding road” toward housing-finance reform. Read More

AEI Report Piques Debate on ‘Data Democratization’

The GSEs’ loan performance data excludes various loan types, such as ARMs and low-documentation loans, that performed poorly in the financial crisis. Nearly half of the GSE loans originated in 2006 and 2007 are expurgated from the data provided to CRT investors. Read More

The Collins Case Appeal Not Listed on SCOTUS Schedule

The Supreme Court will not hear arguments in Collins v. Mnuchin in its current session, but the issue of the constitutionality of the single-director status of the FHFA is still alive. That’s because oral arguments in Seila Law v. CFPB, a case addressing similar issues, are scheduled for early March.

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RFI Suggests FHFA to Clamp Down on PACE Financing

The severity of some of the proposals in FHFA’s request for information on PACE financing suggests the agency intends to take some drastic steps. Read More

FHFA Publishes 3Q19 Foreclosure Prevention Report

The bulk of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s prevention actions were aimed at home retention, with 20,370 loans modified, repayment plans negotiated on 5,965 delinquent loans and 3,328 units receiving some sort of forbearance. Read More

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