Freddie Mac

The 15-year average crossed the 5% threshold for the first time in over a decade.

As the GSEs enter their 15th year in conservatorship, shareholders are wondering when they'll get their company back.

Comments from Federal Reserve officials in Jackson Hole last week have markets bracing for further tightening of monetary policy in the near term.

Better-than-expected economic data helped lead to the steep acceleration of the 30-year average, while the 15-year also shot up.

Automating rent-based underwriting for single-family loans and offering incentives for multifamily borrowers who accept housing vouchers are just two ways Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tackling the challenge of equitable housing.

The decline continues the trend of seesaw movements, coming just a week after economic worries led averages to surge.

In actuality, the law establishes the procedure for setting the maximum limits; in principle, the director could set the limits below these maximum levels, argues a former principal economist for the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

On a combined basis, the GSEs performed better under this year's scenario than they did in 2021, but the Federal Housing Finance Agency said changes were still needed.

After falling earlier in the month on expectations of less aggressive monetary policy, inflation concerns early in the week drove averages higher.

The 30-year average has declined by 55 basis points in two weeks.