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Inside The GSEs

May 20, 2022

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FHLBs Report 15.4% Bump in Profits on Growing Advances

Nine of the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks saw their profits jump in the first quarter. Only the FHLBanks of Dallas and Cincinnati experienced declining net income. (Includes three data charts.) Read More

GSEs Playing a Big Role in Biden’s Housing Supply Plan

The White House action plan for increasing the supply of affordable housing largely piggybacks on the duty-to-serve plans of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More

Mark Calabria Predicts Future Fannie Insolvency

According to the former FHFA chief, given the state of the mortgage and equity markets, Fannie Mae won’t survive another round of home price depreciation. Read More

Sandra Thompson Talks PSPAs, GSE Pricing and Servicer Eligibility

FHFA and Treasury haven’t discussed how to make the 2021 changes to the PSPAs permanent or whether to ease the capital requirements for the GSEs. Read More

Stakeholders Seek Transparency on New Credit Score Model

Trade groups are resigned to whatever model FHFA chooses, but they need data on how it performs compared to FICO to set up their own systems and procedures. Read More

Freddie Set to Launch ADU Initiative

Donna Corley, Freddie’s head of single-family, said borrowers will soon be able to use the Choice Renovation product to finance the construction of accessory dwelling units and count the rent toward income. Read More

Fannie Tempts Innovators With a $5 Million Plum

Hundreds of organizations and individuals will compete for seed money to support their plans to advance equity in housing. Read More

Freddie K-Deals Cross the Half-Trillion Threshold

With their unguaranteed subordinate tranches, the K-series was the first enterprise security to transfer credit risk to private investors. Read More

FHFA Joins Network for Greening the Financial System

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now a member of an organization that says climate change poses a serious risk to the financial system. Read More

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