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The FHFA director’s recent comments about whether the government-sponsored enterprises should be designated as SIFIs tees up a potentially significant element of the mortgage finance debate.

Scott Reese is chief technology officer at Harbor Retail.

Mortgage industry hiring and new job appointments for the week ending May 24.

Jonathan Victor is the chief information officer of Insurity. He oversees all of Insurity’s SaaS implementations and manages the build, run, and evolution of the company’s cloud platforms. He came to Insurity as part of the company’s acquisition of Oceanwide, where he began in 2005, and assumed the role of chief operating officer in 2014. Before Oceanwide, Jonathan worked as a consultant at Accenture. Jonathan is a graduate of McGill Desautels Faculty of Management with a major in management information systems and finance.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned the AAA to HERO Funding 2018-1 due to higher-than-expected prepayment rates on residential PACE levies.

Big and bold ideas often bomb out in the Legislature. And the biggest bill of this young session — a proposal to spur high-density housing — just blew up.

Charges against Stephen Calk indicate he lied to regulators about what he knew when he approved loans to Paul Manafort, as well as his interest in landing a job in the Trump administration.

Angela Rochester is an assistant general counsel and human resources consultant for Engage PEO.

Delinquencies associated with the government-sponsored enterprises high loan-to-value ratio programs that target low-to-moderate income homebuyers are slightly better than expected, at least early on, according to Fitch.

Four real estate professionals could face up to 30 years in prison and hefty fines after being indicted on charges related to allegedly defrauding Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and multifamily lenders.