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Inside The GSEs

June 20, 2025

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GSE Seller Buybacks Ease in 1Q, Unresolved Claims Up

Seller buybacks of defective loans declined in the first quarter of 2025, and the GSEs also reported an increase in withdrawn claims. The pipeline of unresolved cases was up. (Includes three data tables.) Read More

GSEs Close to Implementing Appraisal Changes

As the seven-plus-year redesign of the UAD and the URAR nears completion, the GSEs prepare industry stakeholders for the changes. Read More

Advocates Look to Link GSE Reform, Affordable Housing

Republicans may hope to use any windfall the government gets from selling its stake in the GSEs to offset revenue cuts in their “Big Beautiful Bill,” but housing advocates have other ideas. Read More

Updates to the GSEs’ Seller/Servicer Guides

Fannie and Freddie both issued sellers guide updates alerting lenders to upcoming changes to UAD 3.6 and URAR. Other updates affect quality control procedures, measurement standards and attorney fees. Read More

Rental Income, Undisclosed Liabilities Top Defects

In a random sample of loans, Fannie found that undocumented rental income was the most common initial loan defect. Among loans more likely to have defects, “undisclosed liabilities” jumped to the top of the list. Read More

Information From FHFA, GSEs Declines Under Pulte

In keeping with the rest of the Trump administration, FHFA has significantly reduced public visibility into its policy and actions since Bill Pulte took over as the agency’s director. Read More

FHFA Annual Reports Includes Some Shifts

The names of most of the members of the leadership team responsible for the activities covered in the report are no longer listed among the agency’s key management officials. Read More

OIG Waiting for FHFA to Implement Changes

Roughly 75 of the 675 significant recommendations that the OIG has made to FHFA remain open. The oldest dates from early 2021. Read More

GSE Roundup

GSE credit ratings; big pay raise for Freddie exec; FHFA tech sprinter dashes to better mortgage. Read More

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