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        <![CDATA[Large lenders increased their share in the conventional mortgage market even as their GSE volume fell. (Includes two data tables.)]]>
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      <title>How to Reduce Interest Rates? Join an FHLBank</title>
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        <![CDATA[An economist finds that, when community banks gain access to FHLB advances, competition in local markets increases significantly, with mortgage rates in the market falling by an average of 8 bps. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[In its S-1 filing, Quicken (not surprisingly) said it’s powerless to modify the rules that govern its relationship with the GSEs.]]>
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      <title>Quicken’s Peers Believe the Nonbank Can Pull Off an IPO</title>
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        <![CDATA[The nonbank accounted for 7.7% of originations in the first quarter of 2020.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Fannie, Freddie Select Blue Chip Financial Advisors</title>
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        <![CDATA[Industry stakeholders believe this is a sign the GSEs are on track to undergo their long-expected public offerings.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>FHLB ‘Plan’ to Buy Freddie Could Work</title>
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        <![CDATA[Lawrence Parks, a former FHLB-SF executive, believes an FHLB plan to buy Freddie seems as plausible as other ideas that pass for GSE reform. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Mike Bloomberg’s GSE Merger Plan Draws Attention </title>
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        <![CDATA[Presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s plan to merge the GSEs actually got the other Democratic candidates to talk about MBS. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Lawsuit Reveals FHLB-SF Scheme to Buy Freddie Mac</title>
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        <![CDATA[According to court filings, beginning in 2016, the FHLB-SF developed a proposal for the bank to purchase one of the GSEs. To assist in the process, the bank also engaged the services of McKinsey Consulting. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>China Oceanwide’s Buy of Genworth Gets Final Nod</title>
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        <![CDATA[The slow-motion acquisition of mortgage insurance giant Genworth Financial by real estate and insurance conglomerate China Oceanwide got a significant nudge forward, when the Delaware insurance commissioner last month gave its final approval for the purchase.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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