Analysts worry that FHFA’s more hands-on intervention in GSE management may hint at the return of the net worth sweep and the dashing of any hopes of an end to the conservatorships.
Three former CEOs of the GSEs this week debated the impact of federal conservatorship, what steps must be taken to safely end the oversight and what the GSEs should look like afterwards.
Three Democrats joined Senate Republicans in a vote to make Bill Pulte, the grandson of the founder of homebuilding giant PulteGroup, the chief regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks.
Executives from Annaly and Two Harbors worry that ending the conservatorships of the GSEs could fundamentally change the buyer base for their mortgage-backed securities.
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