All but one of the top 10 GSE sellers delivered a higher proportion of mortgages to Freddie Mac than Fannie Mae in January. (Includes two data tables.)
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The sign of a good business model is one that makes profits in good times and bad. Fannie and Freddie have shown strong profits throughout the post-pandemic downturn. (Includes data table.)
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Rejiggering the Rube Goldberg machine of housing finance will require careful thought and timing. Unless Trump does it with an executive order.
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Fair Isaac Corp. CEO William Lansing asserted that FICO is the best tool for assessing credit risk, and he doesn’t see that changing whether the government is more or less involved in the GSEs.
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A coalition of the leading affordable housing organizations in America gave Fannie Mae a C minus for its duty-to-serve plan. Freddie Mac got a B minus.
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After suddenly stepping down as CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the former Ginnie president showed up in Washington to tout the benefits of the home loan bank system.
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Freddie executes the first of what are expected to be two to three tender offers this year for STACRs that no longer serve an economic purpose.
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Some SWFs in other countries have extensive ownership interests in major corporations and sweep much of their profits into state coffers.
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