GSEs

A bipartisan group of housing experts is seeking to inject more discussion about the mortgage market into presidential campaigns.

The key to housing finance reform is a new securitization model that allows the private sector to price and absorb the majority of housing credit risk.

Bayview and Freddie Mac believe they can provide a stable funding supply to underserved to owners of small commercial properties.

Freddie Mac has taken out another reinsurance policy that transfers the risk that mortgages it insures will default.

The most recent outcry came from four housing groups that warned lawmakers last week that the proposal by the Federal Housing Finance Agency "would make harmful changes" to the FHLB membership rules.

Fannie Mae has completed a credit risk sharing transaction that transfers the actual losses on mortgages it insures — to reinsurers.

Fannie Mae will be facing more competition in the HFA market as Freddie Mac and the FHLBs become more active.

The dovish decision from the Federal Reserve to not raise the federal funds rate caused mortgage interest rates to decline across the board, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

The U.S. housing market continues to slowly stabilize, according to Freddie Mac's latest Multi-Indicator Market Index.

From due diligence and portfolio analysis to strategies for compliance and raising capital, the rapidly-evolving market for buying and selling distressed mortgage assets has created both challenges and opportunities for investors, servicers and portfolio managers.