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Agus Sudjianto is an executive vice president and head of corporate model risk for Wells Fargo, where he is responsible for enterprise model risk management.

Matt Withey is vice president of issuing and deposit products at Meta Financial Group and MetBank.

FHFA Director Mark Calabria said the health crisis will complicate the release of a proposal establishing new capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Bradenton-Sarasota, Fla., area has been a red-hot housing market with the median price at or above $300,000 for the past year, providing job opportunities for 7,000 real estate agents.

A proposal to tighten financial requirements for government-sponsored enterprise counterparties that sought to lower risk in a volatile market should be suspended, a group representing smaller lenders said, arguing it would aggravate current distress.

New-home construction exceeded forecasts in February, underscoring momentum in the industry a month before the coronavirus pandemic injected uncertainty into the economy.

The temporary foreclosure moratorium on loans backed by HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac comes after lawmakers and housing advocates had pushed for steps to avoid consumers getting booted from their homes.

Mortgage industry technology providers are adjusting their processes to allow for originations to keep flowing through the system as the nation combats the coronavirus.

Jason Lin serves as CFO for Centage Corporation. With nearly two decades of SaaS, FP&A and financial leadership experience, he manages operational efficiency and growth for Centage’s Planning Maestro, the cloud-native planning & analytics platform that delivers year-round financial intelligence.