July 29, 2022

GSEs’ Earnings Reflect Change in the Housing Market

The timing of credit-related benefits and losses affected the profits of Fannie and Freddie in the first half of 2022. (Includes data chart.) Read More

Banks Gain Market Share in GSE Servicing in 2Q22

The gap in GSE servicing volume between Chase Home Finance and Wells Fargo continued to narrow in the second quarter of 2022. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

Calabria Says All’s Not Well in the Mortgage Industry

The former FHFA director said, given the Federal Reserve’s commitment to fight inflation, home prices could fall by double digits in percentage terms over the next few years. Read More

Senate Hears Renewed Call for GSE Reform

Conservative economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin said the Federal Reserve’s exit from the MBS market is helping drive up interest rates in the affordable housing space. The remedy, he said, is GSE reform. Read More

Freddie Touts Its Move to When-Issued K-Deals

WI certificates are expected to become the primary way for investors to acquire the A-M and A-2 classes of Freddie’s signature K-deals. Read More

FHFA to Review the Role of the FHLBanks

During a recent congressional hearing, FHFA Director Sandra Thompson said the agency will conduct a 90-year lookback as well as a forward-looking analysis of the FHLBank system. Read More

Fannie Mae’s Latest Two CIRTs Total $33 Billion

The two transactions leave insurers on the hook for a combined $1.02 billion in losses. Read More

Fannie Mae Appoints Chief HR Officer

HR veteran Katie Jones has joined the enterprise from PRA Group, a global debt collections firm based in Virginia. Read More

Freddie Names New Chief Compliance Officer

Dennis Hermonstyne named as CCO at the GSE. Read More

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GSEs’ Earnings Reflect Change in the Housing Market

Banks Gain Market Share in GSE Servicing in 2Q22

Calabria Says All’s Not Well in the Mortgage Industry

Senate Hears Renewed Call for GSE Reform

Freddie Touts Its Move to When-Issued K-Deals

FHFA to Review the Role of the FHLBanks

Fannie Mae’s Latest Two CIRTs Total $33 Billion

Fannie Mae Appoints Chief HR Officer

Freddie Names New Chief Compliance Officer

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July 29, 2022

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