All but one of the top 10 GSE sellers delivered a higher proportion of mortgages to Freddie Mac than Fannie Mae in January. (Includes two data tables.)
The sign of a good business model is one that makes profits in good times and bad. Fannie and Freddie have shown strong profits throughout the post-pandemic downturn. (Includes data table.)
Fair Isaac Corp. CEO William Lansing asserted that FICO is the best tool for assessing credit risk, and he doesn’t see that changing whether the government is more or less involved in the GSEs.
A coalition of the leading affordable housing organizations in America gave Fannie Mae a C minus for its duty-to-serve plan. Freddie Mac got a B minus.
After suddenly stepping down as CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the former Ginnie president showed up in Washington to tout the benefits of the home loan bank system.
Responding to written questions from the Senate Banking Committee, Trump’s new Treasury secretary gave the mortgage industry limited insight into his views on GSE reform.