Sources said previous requirements for a standard 97 LTV product, which Fannie offered until November 2013, are being considered.

HFA portfolio performance continues to strengthen, which will bolster future interest income.

Fannie and Freddie have been exploring the adaptation of alternative credit scores for months, but have yet to take action.

The mortgage insurance industry lost a key political ally with the reelection defeat of first-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina.

The FHFA has decided not to have a chairman for Common Securitization Solutions. Instead, the unit will be governed by a four-person "board of managers."

When pressed further, Middleman noted that getting acquisitions approved in the Empire State can “take a long time”…

Seu pointed to the steady “brain drain” of talent from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

An administrative solution is already possible within the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which grants the FHFA authority to bring the GSEs out of conservatorship.

Former FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco wanted to shrink the multifamily programs of Fannie and Freddie, but that initiative has been placed on the back burner.

Pacific Union Financial took in $100 million of profits. It’s not every day that a privately held nonbank tells the world what it’s earning…