The new Republican chair of the Senate Banking Committee sharply criticized FHFA Director Sandra Thompson on her way out.

Pulte’s nomination received a warm reception from industry trade groups. He’s the grandson of the founder of home construction firm PulteGroup.

The former chief housing advisor to the Treasury secretary during the first Trump administration will now oversee Freddie’s regulatory and conservatorship affairs operations.

The FHFA director joins a number of financial regulators resigning from their posts before the second Trump administration begins.

California wildfires, attorney fees, collateral valuations and board elections.

Recently divorced or widowed homeowners told the CFPB that mortgage servicers sometimes say they must refinance, even when they should be able assume the existing mortgage.

The president-elect said Bill Pulte will help “restore the American Dream for all.”

It would take Congressional action to create an explicit guarantee, a scenario almost no one expects to happen.

Critics argue that, if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are released from conservatorship without an explicit government guarantee, MBS investors will demand wider spreads to cover the added credit risk.

Affordable housing advocates say ending the GSE conservatorships administratively won’t relieve the enterprises from the mission-related responsibilities included in their charters and HERA.