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Inside The GSEs

February 5, 2021

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GSE MBS Business Steady in January, Fannie Share Up

One month doesn't make a trend, but nonbank sales to Fannie and Freddie fell 3% from December to January, while the GSEs saw a 12% increase in bank business. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

FHFA Hints Delinquencies Much Higher Than Disclosed

Because of the terms of the CARES Act, not only are borrowers in forbearance allowed to skip their monthly payments, but servicers are prevented from reporting their mortgages as past due. Read More

Fannie/Freddie FY2020 Earnings Preview

If the GSEs’ margins from the first three quarters of 2020 hold, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could earn combined profits of $19.9 billion for the year. Read More

Who Will Be the Next GSE Guy at Treasury?

New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has yet to pick who will lead housing policy and GSE reform in the Biden administration. However, liberal think tanks may be a good place to look. Read More

FHFA Cash Window Limits Put in Place to Placate Treasury?

The MBA said it will continue to negotiate the suspect provision of the PSPA, while Rob Zimmer of the CMLA hinted at efforts to abrogate the new rule. Read More

Senate Dems: What’s With Those NPL Sales During COVID?

Newly installed SBC Chair Sherrod Brown lambasted FHFA for ignoring the spirit of the CARES Act by allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to sell nonperforming and reperforming loans during the pandemic. Read More

Fannie Expands Offerings Under Its Sustainability Bond Framework

An endorsement from international ESG ratings firm Sustainalytics could whet investors’ appetite for Fannie Mae’s social and green MBS offerings. Read More

PennyMac’s CRT Odyssey

Losses loom for the CRT investor as the 180-day forbearance period on millions of mortgages comes to an end. Read More

Pollard to Retire as FHFA General Counsel

The only general counsel the FHFA has ever known is stepping down. Read More

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