Freddie Mac

The government-sponsored enterprises have consistently earmarked some distressed loans for community, nonprofit and minority investors. Certain Democrats want more.

The 30-year average jumped for the fifth week in a row and is likely to continue trending upward, economists say..

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 average for a 30-year home loan marked the fourth straight week of increases, according to Freddie Mac.

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.

Also, Fannie Mae on climate risk and a non-QM product lenders are loving right now.

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

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.