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The changes made to the schedule of bringing advanced credit metrics to major mortgage investors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affect bi-merged reports and Vantagescore 4.0's implementation.
February 29 -
Analysis conducted by the Federal Housing Finance Agency found values coming in under contract price as often as 15% of the time in recent years, with appraisers failing to account for quickly changing market conditions.
January 9 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is now allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to each invest up to $1 billion annually with certain conditions.
December 22 -
Anne Marie Pippin, associate director in the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Office of Financial Technology, weighs the forces shaping the industry's future.
December 1 -
The hike was driven by modest home price gains this year, following a larger conforming loan limit boost in 2022 in reaction to then-double-digit home price growth.
November 28 -
Some proposed changes to uniform mortgage-backed securities, apartment loans and derivatives will be made while one involving credit reports and scores was pulled.
November 21 -
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson is pushing for a quick launch of pilot programs at the 11 Federal Home Loan banks to help underserved communities after its report this week prescribed major reforms to the system.
November 10 -
Amid the release of Q3 bank earnings, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors ponders whether efforts from the government-related entities help or hurt the independent mortgage bankers that are taking up a greater and greater share of 1-4 family lending and servicing.
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Questions about how it will be implemented and whether the rest of the market will follow the agency's lead make the expense involved difficult to estimate.
October 19 -
An analysis of previously released S&P data suggests the Federal Housing Finance Agency's initiative would have mixed impacts on the price of loans and eligibility that vary by individual.
October 16