Short Takes: What Happened to the GSE Rally? / Time for Treasury to Hire an Advisory Firm? / Trump Serves Notice to HUD as Well, HECMs a Big Concern / Where Did All the Senators Go? / Hugh Frater’s Other Job March 28, 2019 Paul Muolo and Yemeng Yang President Trump is concerned about the HECM program...Read More
President Trump Directs Treasury to Draft GSE Overhaul; White House Wants Final Say March 27, 2019 Paul Muolo “For each administrative reform, the Treasury housing reform plan shall include a timeline for implementation,” Trump writes.Read More
Short Takes: FHFA IG Questions GSE CEO Succession Plans / The Watt Era / A Rare Instance of Bipartisan Agreement on a GSE-Related Issue / If Brickman Didn’t Get the Job, He Was Going to Quit / Please, Cut My Pay / FHFA’s Response March 27, 2019 Paul Muolo When’s the last time a chief executive of a multi-billion-dollar-asset company did something like that? Read More
Hearings Commence on GSE Reform. NAHB Worries About ‘Administrative’ Changes, Academic Trashes Crapo’s Ideas March 26, 2019 Paul Muolo Georgetown Law Professor Adam Levitin: “I am deeply concerned about the basic direction of the chairman’s housing-finance reform proposal outline..."Read More
Allow the ‘GSE Patch’ to Expire, Think Tanks Recommend March 26, 2019 Yemeng Yang The CFPB introduced the GSE patch in 2014 as a temporary measure…Read More
Fannie/Freddie Debt Dealers Accused of Price Fixing March 25, 2019 Dennis Hollier The defendants include Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and many other dealers…Read More
Passive MSR Investors Asked to Register. A Big Deal or Ho-Hum? March 25, 2019 Paul Muolo In Ohio, a passive investor must obtain what’s called a residential mortgage lending certificate of approval. Read More
Short Takes: The Mueller Report, the Legislative Calendar and the GSEs / No Kumbaya Moment Here / Let the Administrative Changes Begin / Better Enters FHA Market / The Market Doesn’t Love Us, So We’re Selling March 25, 2019 Paul Muolo And that means: two more years of hyper-partisan bickering on both sides and legislation only getting passed if there’s a bi-partisan consensus or a national emergency... Read More
CFPB Makes Changes to Advisory Boards, Reversing Decisions Made by Mulvaney March 22, 2019 Yemeng Yang The bureau plans to extend the terms of half the current members in order to achieve the staggered terms and ensure continuity.Read More
FHA Lenders Can Opt for Third-Party Verification March 22, 2019 George Brooks The new guidance applies to all FHA forward mortgages and HECMs…Read More
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