Originally grubstaked by Wall Street and once the recipient of a large loan from Fannie Mae, the REIT saw the average occupancy rate of its SF units increase to a record-high 97.5%...

How worried should lenders be about the self-employed and small business owners?

The senators write: “The CFPB and FHFA must also have plans to use their respective tools and authorities to immediately address trends that indicate borrowers are receiving inaccurate information or unequal treatment, or that servicers are not complying with the law.”

Fannie said 20 companies participated in the CIRT transaction...

Among the critics of the newly issued capital framework: Don Layton, Freddie Mac's former CEO...

The pipeline of unresolved buyback claims also grew during the first three months of the year, although repurchase activity in general remains at subatomic levels.

FHLB advances reached $806.9 billion at March 31, up 25% sequentially...

Jim Parrott: “It seems to me, it would be extremely helpful for them to add non-agency lending as acceptable collateral under these TALF programs, whether at the MBS level or at the loan level."

Bank and thrift holdings of Ginnie Mae MBS rose 5.0% in the first quarter and investment in agency CMOs increased 3.4% from the end of 2019.

Next stop: The Fannie/Freddie re-IPOs?