October 18, 2024

Large Nonbanks Continue to Dominate GSE Servicing

Large nonbanks serviced 40.0% of all loans in mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as of the end of September. (Includes two data tables.) Read More

FHLBanks React to Treasury Threats on Affordable Housing

The Council of Federal Home Loan Banks said Treasury’s proposal that the FHLBanks use their excess retained earnings to support affordable housing is asking them to operate on minimum capital levels. Read More

Second Insurance Firm Settles With Freddie on D&O Claims

AXIS Insurance became the second entity to settle in a Freddie lawsuit alleging that some D&O insurance providers refused to properly reimburse the GSE for legal expenses incurred during the 2008 crisis. Read More

OIG Adds GSE Multifamily Risk to Concerns for FHFA

The list of challenges facing FHFA include the GSEs’ multifamily business, the Office of Inspector General said in a new report. Read More

Meridian Capital to Exit the GSE Doghouse, But Restrained

Freddie will begin accepting Meridian-brokered multifamily loans Jan. 1. However, the company will be subject to stricter due diligence. Read More

FHFA Posts Price Data for Manufactured Homes

FHFA created a new home price index based on GSE mortgages for manufactured homes. Read More

GSE Capital Markets Teams Pick Up the Pace

Both Fannie and Freddie continue to sell off NPLs and RPLs, in keeping with directives from FHFA to reduce the size of their portfolios. Read More

Rehashing the GSE Conservatorship Debate

The GSEs should be liquidated through receivership, according to a new proposal from Norbert Michel, the director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. Read More

FHLBanks Expand Mission-Related Activities

Affordable housing funding by the Federal Home Loan Banks spiked in 2023, according to a new report from the FHFA. Read More

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Large Nonbanks Continue to Dominate GSE Servicing

FHLBanks React to Treasury Threats on Affordable Housing

Second Insurance Firm Settles With Freddie on D&O Claims

OIG Adds GSE Multifamily Risk to Concerns for FHFA

Meridian Capital to Exit the GSE Doghouse, But Restrained

FHFA Posts Price Data for Manufactured Homes

GSE Capital Markets Teams Pick Up the Pace

Rehashing the GSE Conservatorship Debate

FHLBanks Expand Mission-Related Activities

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October 18, 2024

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