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Inside The GSEs

September 12, 2025

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GSE Market Share Continues to Shrink in Second Quarter

Even as loan deliveries to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase, the two entities continue to lose business to Ginnie Mae issuers. (Includes two data tables.) Read More

GSE Stock Offering Aims to Establish Value for Entities

Although FHFA Director Bill Pulte recently put the value of the GSEs at $1 trillion, most estimates are between $300 billion and $600 billion. Meanwhile, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that only a small portion of the GSEs will be sold via a stock offering. Read More

Critics Denounce Pulte’s Mortgage Fraud Allegations

Attorneys representing those accused of mortgage fraud by FHFA Director Bill Pulte are calling for an investigation into what they say is abuse of his office. Read More

FHFA Signals Deregulation Plans for GSEs, FHLBanks

FHFA’s spring regulatory agenda includes plans to scrap nine existing and proposed rules. Read More

Credit Score Effort Brings Uncertainty, Conflicts

According to experts, there are still many impediments to implementing the new VantageScore 4.0 credit score. And some claim the new score is no better than the existing Classic FICO. Read More

Fannie Reviews Guidelines for Borrower-Initiated ROVs

Borrowers have a right to request a reconsideration of value if they feel an error has been made by the appraiser. But it’s not an open-ended process; they can only initiate one ROV for each appraisal report. Read More

Court Dismisses RMBS Suit Against Former Freddie Execs

An Ohio court found that Freddie’s rosy statements in 2007 about its exposure to subprime and Alt A loans weren’t misleading, in part, because there was no universal definition of those terms at the time. Read More

GSE Roundup

Fannie ditches legacy terminology related to appraisals; Freddie prices a $707 million SCRT; PIMCO buys 3,044 RPLs from Fannie. Read More

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