FHFA officers told the inspector general that they believed performing some of the required security assessments “was an inefficient use of agency resources.”

Fannie Mae saw bigger gains in both refinance and purchase mortgages during the first half of 2020. (Includes two data charts.)

The platform is used to estimate the future performance of the loans owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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.)

Fannie economists predict a shocking 25.3% drop in second-quarter GDP, including a 36.2% free-fall in residential fixed investment.

States with shelter-in-place orders accounted for 75% of the single-family home loans securitized by Fannie and Freddie last year, and 81% of jobless claims filed last week. (Includes data chart.)

Banks and thrifts held $482.5 billion of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank system in the fourth quarter of 2019, a 3.3% sequential drop. (Includes data chart.)

Even as the percentage of GSE high-DTI loans fell, an odd thing happened: The actual dollar volume of these assets surged.

Although only a minuscule share of GSE loans are subject to buyback requests, officials still keep a spotlight on the issue. Fannie recently refreshed its seller QC self-assessment. (Includes data chart.)

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, the top banks in mortgage banking income, saw significant quarter-to-quarter volatility in 2019. Flagstar pulled itself out of a rut in the fourth quarter but still posted a hefty net mortgage banking loss for the year. (Includes data chart.)