It was a busy week for the capital markets teams at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Between them, they cranked out a standard pool offering, a community impact pool offering and a CIRT transaction.

The regulator’s new rating system will be used to assess supervisory remediation measures and, at least while the GSEs remain in conservatorship, determine executive compensation.

FHFA is showing that it’s willing to listen to industry feedback as the regulator works to transition the GSEs to new credit scoring processes. This week the agency delayed one aspect of the transition and noted plans to conduct listening sessions.

Fannie tells court AmeriFirst has no property interest in its mortgage servicing rights.

High failure rates for lenders trying to implement new edits to certain fee disclosure requirements in Phase 3B of the Uniform Closing Database persuaded Fannie and Freddie to postpone those changes.

Bids on a $2.65 billion pool of reperforming loans are due Oct. 5. Meanwhile, PIMCO was the winning bidder on Fannie’s first RPL sale of the year.

The mortgage industry generally supports the limited scope of the rule. But consumer advocates believe FIRREA calls for a broader scope, including AVMs used by licensed appraisers.

Since it was established last year, FHFA’s Climate Change and ESG Steering Committee has established eight working groups in an effort to improve the GSEs’ ability to calculate climate risks.

Some 1.5% of GSE loans have home equity levels below 10%, suggesting Fannie/Freddie borrowers would be resilient if home prices were to decline. More than 83% of loans have at least 30% equity.

FHFA joins HUD, OCC and CFPB in an effort to promote the use of special purpose credit programs as a way to boost lending in disadvantaged communities.