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April 28, 2023

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Large Firms Expand Share of GSE Servicing in 1Q23

Chase Home Finance dethroned Wells Fargo as the largest GSE servicer and the big servicers — both banks and nonbanks — expanded their market share in the first quarter of 2023. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Mortgage Industry Fights Changes to LLPA Structure

FHFA has asserted that most of the changes to the GSEs’ loan-level pricing adjustment grids are risk based or meant to meet the GSEs’ capital requirements. Read More

Sen. Brown Calls on FHFA to Review FHLB Lending

The chair of the Senate Banking Committee wants FHFA to examine the implications of the Federal Home Loan Banks becoming the lender of last resort for struggling financial institutions. Read More

Fannie Official Discusses Appraisal Quality Control

The head of single-family collateral risk management at Fannie Mae took a deep dive on the topic in a recent blog post. Read More

GAO: FHFA Should Improve Personnel, Payroll Tracking

FHFA does not adequately track employee benefit information or monitor the withholding on employee cash awards. Read More

FHFA Updates FHLBank Market Risk Modeling

The regulator will require additional sign-offs and documentation before the FHLBanks can change their internal market risk models. Read More

Consumer Advocates Support FHFA’s Fair Housing Plan

The new rule would solidify the GSEs’ equitable housing finance plans, fair housing reporting and collection of language preference data. Read More

Fannie Touts Impact of Green and Social Bond Issuance

Properties with mortgage loans backed by Fannie green bonds saved the equivalent of 11.8 trillion BTUs in energy last year. Read More

GSEs List LIBOR Replacement Rates

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac released tables showing the replacement rates and tenor spreads for most legacy securities still indexed to LIBOR. Read More

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