Skepticism Springs Eternal When It Comes to GSE Reform August 9, 2024 Dennis Hollier Housing finance aficionados may doubt Fannie and Freddie will ever exit conservatorship, but that doesn’t stop them from telling you what that exit would look like.Read More
GSEs Working to Control Risks From Variety of Threats August 9, 2024 Dennis Hollier Freddie’s head of third-party oversight and governance recently outlined the main counterparty risks faced by the mortgage giant.Read More
Coalition of State AGs Oppose Fannie Title Pilot July 26, 2024 Dennis Hollier Fourteen state attorneys general sent a letter to FHFA Director Sandra Thompson urging her to quash Fannie Mae’s title insurance waiver pilot program.Read More
Completing GSE Reform Easier Said Than Done July 26, 2024 Dennis Hollier SFA leader says ending GSE conservatorships would lead to unsustainable credit downgrades for Fannie and Freddie.Read More
Freddie Multifamily Aces Master Servicer Evaluation July 26, 2024 Dennis Hollier S&P Global Ratings gives the Freddie asset management and operations team an “above average” ranking and a stable outlook.Read More
Fannie Examines ‘Heirs’ Property’ Issues July 26, 2024 Dennis Hollier The mortgage giant worked with the Housing Assistance Council to estimate the scale of the tangled title problem and begin to look for solutions.Read More
FHFA Adds Five Proposed Rules to its Regulatory Agenda July 12, 2024 Dennis Hollier Two of the new proposed rules are directed at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The other three relate to the Federal Home Loan Banks.Read More
GSEs Release Historical VantageScore 4.0 Data July 12, 2024 Dennis Hollier The data release is a critical step in the enterprises’ long-awaited and controversial transition to a new credit score model.Read More
FHFA Strengthens GSEs' Loss Reporting Requirements July 12, 2024 Dennis Hollier A new advisory bulletin from FHFA spells out how the enterprises must respond to a “high-severity operational loss event.”Read More
A New Twist in the AOL Debate July 12, 2024 Dennis Hollier Ironically, providers of attorney opinion letters — an alternative to title insurance — may need insurance to compete with title insurers.Read More
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