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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.

Some in the space say they've seen new players coming in but others disagreed during a panel at the Mortgage Bankers Association's Secondary and Capital Markets conference.

During her opening remarks before lawmakers Tuesday, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency reiterated that borrowers with strong credit profiles are not being penalized to benefit those with poorer scores.

The investor segment will have to be mindful as it gains ground, executives said Tuesday, noting that the sector takes experience, skill and savvy awareness of risks.

The company, funded by Calterra Capital and led by the former CEO of lender Avlis Partners, is launching the technology in a space that has limited vendor options.

Purchases of new single-family homes increased 4.1% to an annualized 683,000 pace last month from a downwardly revised 656,000 rate in March, government data showed Tuesday.

Only an act of Congress can allow the lenders to become members, two bank presidents emphasized.

Recent bank troubles mean agency MBS, multifamily and jumbo mortgage activity are set for changes, analysts said at an industry conference.

Some stakeholders have worried about the estimated date for the transition to a new way of calculating credit worthiness, but an official assured attendees at an industry conference that the agency won't act prematurely.

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.