The volume of multifamily loans the enterprises can purchase will be smaller in 2023, but the FHFA also expanded the mission-oriented qualifications.

Loan-level price adjustments for low-income and first-time borrowers and for loans that meet duty-to-serve requirements will be a thing of the past on Dec. 2.

The average g-fee charged on single-family loans in 2021 rose from 54 basis points to 56 bps. Much of the increase can be traced to 15-year fixed-rate refinances, which were subject to an extra adverse market fee.

The enterprise issued more credit-risk transfer deals this year than last. But increasing interest rates have made the deals less and less attractive for Freddie.

Ravi Shankar rejoins Freddie Mac after stints at both the Boston Consulting Group and United Wholesale Mortgage.

FHFA is betting the formerly proprietary appraisal data of Fannie and Freddie can help reduce bias in the marketplace.

By some estimates, the enterprises will have to increase guarantee fees by about 3 basis points to offset the lost revenue from FHFA's targeted elimination of LLPAs.

Automated payroll deposits and timely payment of utilities and cell phone bills are about to enter the mortgage underwriting process.

Freddie's latest NPL deal includes both guaranteed and unguaranteed tranches.

Freddie’s underwriting will include a review of a borrower’s bank account data to identify a history of positive monthly cash flow activity.