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Inside The GSEs

July 23, 2021

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Nonbanks Still Pulling GSE Servicing Train in 2Q21

Nonbank servicers used the MSR secondary market and organic growth to boost their portfolios of Fannie and Freddie servicing. There was also a surge in GSE servicing among smaller banks. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Bipartisan Infrastructure Group Has Its Eyes Set on G-Fee

Big-league housing groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Realtors, warned senators not to use the g-fee as “the nation’s piggybank.” Read More

Nellie Liang Confirmed as Undersecretary of Treasury

As the first Senate-confirmed head of domestic finance in nearly a decade, the former Fed economist could play a vital role in renegotiating the PSPAs between Treasury and FHFA. Read More

The Adverse Market Fee Windfall for the GSEs

Fannie and Freddie are likely to have raked in more than $5 billion combined in adverse market fees on refinances before FHFA Acting Director Sandra Thompson decided to shut the program. Read More

Fannie Adds Rent Roll Requirement to MF Loans

Changes to Fannie’s loan agreements allow the company to more closely monitor compliance with OFAC rules and anti-money laundering and anti-corruption statutes. Read More

Lower Courts Wrangle with SCOTUS’ Collins Decision

Plaintiffs manage to find legal ammunition in what most Supreme Court observers believe was a slam dunk victory for the government. Read More

Freddie Mac Issuance Hot and Heavy in July

The enterprise’s mid-summer transactions give investors a broad range of securities options. Read More

FHFA and Fannie Debate Risk of Agency CMBS

Fannie cites study showing that CMBS prepayment penalties more than cover the prepayment costs for investors. Read More

Regulators Extend Review of Credit Risk-Retention Regulations

FHFA and other federal financial regulators are still grappling with issues like whether the definitions of QMs and QRMs should remain identical. Read More

Freddie Names Jerry Mauricio as CCO

Jerry Mauricio makes his interim CCO gig permanent. Read More

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