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Inside The GSEs

March 8, 2024

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GSEs Lose Share in 2023, Business Slides Further in February

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac accounted for 44.1% of all mortgage originations in 2023, compared with 48.6% in 2022 and more than 58% in both 2021 and 2020. Read More

Federal Home Loan Banks Post Strong Profits in 2023

All 11 regional FHLBanks boosted profits in 2023, largely due to increased borrowing from member institutions during the banking crisis. Read More

Fannie Rolls Out Buyback Alternative

Mortgage industry stakeholders said Freddie Mac’s pilot program to alleviate repurchase requests is a better option than Fannie Mae’s new notice of potential defect. Read More

FHFA Announces Revived Title Acceptance Pilot

Title insurance advocates are incensed by FHFA’s announcement that a once-dead title waiver pilot is alive and well. Read More

FHFA Yields to Industry Concerns About Credit Score Changes

The regulator delayed implementation of the controversial bi-merge scoring model and accelerated the release of historical credit score data. Read More

Fannie Adds Verification Tools to DU

Lenders will now be able to use a single verification report to validate income, employment, assets, positive rent payment and cash flow history. However, the report must have at least 12 months of data. Read More

FHFA Looks to Revise Survey of Borrowers

FHFA said proposed changes to the American Survey of Mortgage Borrowers will help to inform oversight of the GSEs and FHLBanks. Read More

Key Deputy Director Promotions at FHFA

Agency veterans Anne Marie Pippin and Anju Vajja have taken over as deputy directors of the division of conservatorship, oversight and readiness, and the division research and statistics, respectively. Read More

GSE Capital Markets Teams Have a Busy Week

The capital markets teams at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac combined announced five transactions over the past week. Read More

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