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Inside The GSEs

April 5, 2019

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GSE Seller Base Becomes More Top-Heavy in 2019

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac got proportionally more of their single-family business from large-volume sellers in the first quarter, although production was down sharply in every seller category. [Includes two data charts.] Read More

Calabria Confirmed at FHFA. Now the Hard Part Begins

In a straight, party-line vote, the Senate Thursday confirmed conservative economist Mark Calabria to be the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Read More

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Top Borrowers from FHLBanks

Banks and thrifts racked up $571 billion of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank system at the end of 2018, a 3.3% sequential gain but off 1.9% from a year ago, according to an analysis by Inside The GSEs. [Includes one data chart.] Read More

Dems Worry About Trump Memo on GSE Reform

Democrats have begun to respond to last week’s Trump administration memorandum, which directed the Secretary of the Treasury to coordinate with the Federal Housing Finance Agency and other executive branch departments to develop a plan to end the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More

Otting Stirs Recap Rumors, Lenders Sit and Wait

Last week, Joseph Otting, the then-acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, set the GSE rumor mills churning when he told an audience at George Mason University Law School that the agency would finish work this summer on the final capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More

Sharp Words at Senate Hearings on Crapo Outline

There was a lot of kumbaya among industry experts last week during the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ two days of hearings on the housing-finance reform outlined last month by panel Chairman Mike Crapo, R-ID. Read More

Fannie’s $11.7 Billion CIRT Transaction Largest Ever

Fannie Mae last week announced it completed a multi-tranche credit-insurance-risk transfer transaction covering an astonishing $11.7 billion worth of multifamily loans held in portfolio. Read More

Fannie Picks Frater as Permanent CEO

Interim CEO Hugh Frater’s six-month odyssey at Fannie Mae just got longer last week when the board selected him to take the position permanently. His tenure became effective March 26, and he will remain on the board directors. Read More

Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against FHLB San Francisco

In October, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco reached a $3.6 million settlement with two former executives in its Washington, DC, office of legislative and regulatory affairs who claimed they were the victims of racial discrimination. There’s just one problem: Despite apparently reaching an agreement during mediation, the bank didn’t pay up. Read More

GSE Bond Dealers Named In Price-Fixing Lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit filed last month in the Southern District of New York accusing the largest authorized dealers in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debt bonds of engaging in a systematic price-fixing scheme just got a little more interesting. Read More

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