Although the GSEs have for several months seen declines in the share of investor and second-home mortgage purchases, it remains to be seen whether lenders will continue to deliver these loans into the non-agency market now that the caps have been withdrawn. (Includes two data charts.)
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In her first long-form interview since taking over as FHFA acting director, Sandra Thompson insisted that expanding the GSEs’ books of business won’t make them riskier.
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FHFA announced the suspension of the caps on the GSEs’ purchase of second-home and investor-property mortgages on Sept. 14. By Sept. 15, the price of these loans jumped more than a percentage point.
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The FHFA’s inspector general found that the regulator’s supervision of the GSEs is based on policy statements not standards prescribed by Congress.
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Looking at more than 12 million home appraisals, researchers found that sellers in minority census tracts were more than twice as likely to receive an appraisal below the sale price than sellers in white districts.
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The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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