According to former Fannie Mae CFO Tim Howard, the re-proposed capital requirements are almost 40 times the average of that indicated by stress tests conducted on the GSEs last year.

The move suggests the GSEs’ public offerings — estimated by some to be worth as much as $200 billion — may take place in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

If the FHFA’s assessment is correct, mortgage servicers can withstand a substantially deeper economic downturn than originally thought.

In two separate cases filed by GSE shareholders against the government, the Court of Federal Claims meted out different results.

Mortgage servicers’ liquidity issues could ease if non-agency lending is acceptable collateral under the TALF programs, according to Urban Institute’s Jim Parrott.

Freddie Mac continued to report significantly more repurchase activity in the first quarter of 2020 and the pipeline of unresolved claims was up from the end of 2019. (Includes two data charts.)

The GSEs’ showing in the first quarter only reflects one full month of the impact of the coronavirus crisis. As potentially millions more homeowners stop paying their mortgages, the enterprises face the prospect of an even more challenging second quarter. (Includes data chart.)

Freddie Mac believes the market for credit-risk transfers may never return to pre-COVID levels because of the potential impact of the pandemic on mortgage performance.

Renters can now find out if the property they live in has a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgage, which can protect them from eviction.