Congress has GSE reform on the radar and even before this week’s hearing on GSE reform, Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, said he was optimistic that housing finance reform might happen sooner than many expect. Warner, who co-authored a reform bill four years ago, recently said, “This may surprise some folks, but I think the stars may align where you could actually see housing-finance reform happen in front of some of the Dodd-Frank reform.” The Virginia senator made the comments at a Mortgage Bankers Association conference in Washington, DC, on June 20. He said there appears to be bipartisan consensus on housing finance reform.