FHA premium cuts are being closely analyzed by HUD while FHFA and Treasury have had no talks about reforming the GSEs through the PSPAs. MBA also pressed FHFA on LLPA changes for conforming jumbos and mortgages for second homes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been authorized to hire an additional 20 full-time employees, most of them attorneys. The move comes as the bureau gears up for more vigorous enforcement activity, especially against repeat offenders.

About half of the FHFA officials who were supposed to review SEC filings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the second quarter of 2021 failed to appropriately certify accuracy.