The Federal Housing Finance Agency last week outlined its plans to design a new securitization system and model pooling and servicing agreements to improve Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac operations and help revive the non-agency market. Non-agency market participants welcomed the FHFA’s proposed new utility-like infrastructure but said it should not be mandatory for non-agency transactions. The FHFA said upgrades are needed in the MBS systems of the government-sponsored enterprises and “it makes sense to direct ...