FHFA Director Mark Calabria is delivering on his promise to revamp the agency in preparation for the end of the GSE conservatorships.

The liquid assets required of nonbank seller/servicers will rise from 3.5 basis points to 4.0 bps for the unpaid principal balance of their enterprise servicing.

The CFPB plans to move away from the use of DTI as a criteria for a qualified mortgage, and instead opt for a pricing threshold.

SIFMA said the Ginnie-like market structure proposed by FHFA isn’t appropriate for conventional MBS. Moreover, the plan doesn’t address the continued misalignment of MBS issued by Fannie and Freddie.

A federal court sentenced Shirene Hernandez, a former Fannie Mae sales representative, to more than six years in prison for bribery.

Two former employees of FHLBank of San Francisco can pursue a lawsuit for breach of contract, a DC district court ruled this week.

Affordable housing advocates say a high concentration of ownership by private equity firms makes residents of manufactured home communities vulnerable to unsustainable increases in rent or maintenance fees.

The latest multifamily transaction continues the enterprise’s move toward Secured Overnight Financing Rate-based bonds.

Freddie’s return to LIHTC investment in 2018 has resulted in projects in underserved communities in 22 states plus Puerto Rico and Guam.