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The House Financial Services Committee chairman is calling out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator for authorizing payments to two housing trust funds while the mortgage giants have their own financial struggles.
February 16 -
Freddie Mac is now accepting bids on $420 million in nonperforming loans, its first NPL sale of 2018.
February 16 -
Freddie Mac posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $3.3 billion and will request $312 million from the Treasury after recent tax reform legislation forced it to write down the value of deferred tax assets.
February 15 -
Tax reform caused Fannie Mae to burn through retained earnings that had been approved just two months ago and to post a fourth-quarter loss. CEO Timothy Mayopoulos argued it was a one-time event that overshadowed strong fundamentals.
February 14 -
Fannie Mae will request an infusion of taxpayer money for the first time since 2012 because of an unintended but anticipated side effect of the corporate tax cut signed into law in December.
February 14 -
Fannie Mae is doing more to expand its list of Day 1 Certainty report suppliers, naming Blend as the first online point of sale system to directly offer asset validations.
February 13 -
Arch Capital Group's mortgage insurance subsidiary increased its cushion under the secondary market capital standards in the fourth quarter even as its delinquent inventory grew.
February 13 -
The Trump administration’s 2019 budget highlights the administration’s goal of reining in the post-crisis regulatory apparatus, with proposed cuts for several agencies including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
February 12 -
Quicken Loans, Citizens Bank and Better Mortgage are refinancing loans using Airbnb income as part of a pilot project with Fannie Mae.
February 9 -
Nine lenders have been warned by the U.S. that they will be kicked out of a top mortgage program within months unless they find ways to stop costly rapid refinances of veterans' loans.
February 8 -
As conservator, FHFA Director Mel Watt has substantial leeway to remake the government-sponsored enterprises without congressional input. Here's one way he might do so.
February 7 -
Wary of concentration risk, secondary market participants are backing initiatives to give more players a piece of the action.
February 6 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Friday it will give commenters more time to weigh in on a potential update to the credit scoring requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
February 2 -
The top five Freddie Mac multifamily lenders remained stable year-to-year, in contrast to the shakeup in competitor Fannie Mae's rankings.
February 2 -
From government grants to automating branch management tasks, lenders are using their knowledge of real estate, finance, and government incentives to maximize the resources they invest in facilities.
January 29 -
Fannie Mae's multifamily volume hit another record high of $67 billion in 2017 as former top producer Wells Fargo nearly halved its volume and nonbank competitors increased their market share.
January 26 -
The Community Home Lenders Association sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday laying out its priorities for GSE reform.
January 24 -
Supporters of an unreleased bill to revamp the housing finance system say the plan strikes a middle ground that can gain support from both sides of the aisle.
January 24 -
Here's a look at what happens at five federal agencies that support the mortgage industry during a government shutdown.
January 19 -
Updated Fannie Mae requirements clarify that lenders need to conduct an independent internal audit, something that might require additional investment by nonbanks to set up.
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