Fannie Mae

A new label and disclosures for certain mortgage securities may create more of an impetus for lenders to extend credit to underserved populations.

The mortgages are part of a program that received congressional scrutiny earlier this year.

An economic slowdown would deliver lower interest rates but tighter credit standards, while a "soft landing" for the economy wouldn't solve the low inventory problem, a new report said.

The post-close review timeline gets shorter and new pre-funding checks become required on Sept. 1.

Some respondents reprised calls for a return to more flexible capital rules and portfolio-level cross-subsidization. Others see danger in such a move.

The verdict ends a decade-long lawsuit over the Federal Housing Finance Agency's amendment to a stock repurchase agreement in 2012.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can likely withstand potential credit losses twice as high as last year's in the latest scenario, but they are at more risk of slipping into the red.

The move was "not being driven by fundamental credit, capital or liquidity deterioration at the firms," the firm said.

But the government-sponsored enterprise is still concerned about the fiscal health of its lender counterparties as volumes are down considerably from last year.

The nearly 8% growth on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis is well above the historical average, according to the government-sponsored enterprise.

A vast majority of the pool, 86.35%, consists of primary homes. Investment properties and secondary homes, meanwhile, account for 11.29% and 2.36% of the collateral.

Researchers at the government-sponsored enterprise also maintained their outlook for a modest recession but moved anticipated onset to the fourth quarter this year.

Fee hikes at the government-sponsored enterprises are one remedy, the government-sponsored enterprise's regulator noted in its annual report to Congress.

The government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive managing the issue is looking at how things like roof pitch can mitigate the impact of natural disasters on homes.

The government-sponsored enterprise plans to further decentralize security services, which will enable risk management across the business, said Chita Elango, senior director of application security.

The government-sponsored enterprise has been using a predictive Jupiter Intelligence score suite to review its more than 17 million residential mortgage-related assets.

But on a cumulative basis since 2013, the unpaid principal balance of reference pools is higher at Freddie Mac, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Single-family officials at an industry conference also quantified some of the progress they're making with alternative credit data, and noted that digital validations can help reduce defects.

The Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework is going to dramatically transform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pricing in ways the industry hasn't begun to contemplate, writes a former senior policy analyst at the FHFA.

April interest rate drops provided momentum for an upturn, but more consumers also thought the outlook for buying and selling was headed in a favorable direction, according to Fannie Mae.