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Here's how the former regulator thinks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could exit conservatorship and where he sees the residential market headed this year and next.
March 8 -
Continued failure to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of conservatorship will lead to see-saw mortgage policy every time the White House changes hands, which is against the intent of the GSE statutes that indicate a desire for stable secondary markets, writes the Principal at public affairs firm TVDC.
March 5TVDC -
The verdict ends a decade-long lawsuit over the Federal Housing Finance Agency's amendment to a stock repurchase agreement in 2012.
August 15 -
More than any real world problem posed by IMBs, it is the government in all of its manifestations that poses a significant risk to the world of mortgage finance and the housing sector more generally, writes the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors.
June 8Whalen Global Advisors LLC -
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.
May 23 -
Two housing-policy experts whose previous recommendations have been closely followed by the Biden administration are defending the Federal Home Loan Banks, raising the stakes in a debate over whether a major overhaul is needed.
April 11 -
As the GSEs enter their 15th year in conservatorship, shareholders are wondering when they'll get their company back.
September 5The Delaware Bay Company -
Led by Rep. French Hill, the group of conservative lawmakers said the agency must do more to ensure appropriate transparency regarding any new products or activities that the enterprises undertake.
July 13 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency also noted limits to its authority in efforts to free the government-sponsored enterprises from conservatorship in its report to Congress.
June 15 -
Moving towards bank-like capital standards for all independent mortgage banks that sell loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could limit consumer access to mortgage credit, writes Community Home Lenders Association executive director Scott Olson.
April 20Community Home Lenders of America