Successive OIG reports have found chronic deficiencies in FHFA’s internal controls and in its supervision of the GSEs. The latest report is more of the same.
A new standardized structure for capital and risk-management disclosures will make it easier to compare Fannie and Freddie to one another and to other large financial institutions.
Fannie issues its first CAS deal in nearly a year and a half, following a decision by FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson to double the capital relief available for CRT transactions.
In her first long-form interview since taking over as FHFA acting director, Sandra Thompson insisted that expanding the GSEs’ books of business won’t make them riskier.
FHFA announced the suspension of the caps on the GSEs’ purchase of second-home and investor-property mortgages on Sept. 14. By Sept. 15, the price of these loans jumped more than a percentage point.
Moves by the Trump administration are disrupting the economy and the federal agencies that deal with the housing market. Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the MBA, isn’t sure how it’s all going to play out.
Is Onity Group eyeing a sale? Perhaps. And why not? Servicing values are approaching a 25-year high.
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