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GSE Loan Defects Remain Nominal in Third Quarter

About 87% of buyback activity in the third quarter was related to loans sold to Fannie and Freddie in 2018 and the first half of 2019. (Includes data chart.) Read More

Calabria Will Re-Propose Capital Rule for GSEs

Part of the problem is that the current proposed rule was a product of the previous director and much has changed since the rulemaking began a year ago.

2020 Conforming Loan Limits Climb to $510,400

The increase reflects a 5.38% surge in the price of the average home from the third quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2019, as calculated in FHFA’s House Price Index.

Decline in 3Q FHLBank Advances Led by Big Banks

The decline in advances was concentrated among top-tier borrowers, due to their disproportionate share of FHLB borrowing. (Includes data chart.) Read More

Phillips: Treat GSE Shareholders 'With Respect'

According to Treasury's former point man on housing issues, authorities should “really respect the rights of the current shareholders.” Read More

Group Proposes Language to Move ARMs from LIBOR

ARRC language would ease the transition from LIBOR to an alternative index based on SOFR.

Goldman Sachs Latest To Settle in Price-Rigging Lawsuit

The plaintiffs had accused 16 major financial institutions of exploiting their market dominance to manipulate bond prices.

FHFA Obtains Guilty Plea in Short Sale Fraud Case

Prosecutors allege that co-owners of a company that offered assistance to borrowers going through short sales illegally charged fees for negotiating the sales.

Calabria Adds Others from Cato Institute to FHFA Staff

Agency Director Mark Calabria is hiring like-minded executives from the conservative institutions of his past.

Inside The GSEs

November 27, 2019

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GSE Loan Defects Remain Nominal in Third Quarter

Calabria Will Re-Propose Capital Rule for GSEs

2020 Conforming Loan Limits Climb to $510,400

Decline in 3Q FHLBank Advances Led by Big Banks

Phillips: Treat GSE Shareholders 'With Respect'

Group Proposes Language to Move ARMs from LIBOR

Goldman Sachs Latest To Settle in Price-Rigging Lawsuit

FHFA Obtains Guilty Plea in Short Sale Fraud Case

Calabria Adds Others from Cato Institute to FHFA Staff

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