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If he really wants to win reelection in 2024, President Biden and his administration should leave the mortgage industry in peace and find somebody else to torment, the Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors writes.
February 10Whalen Global Advisors LLC -
Ginnie Mae has constructed a perfectly counter-cyclical capital regime that would crush the government loan market if left unaltered, the chair of Whalen Global Advisors writes.
September 6Whalen Global Advisors LLC -
The Federal Reserve could ease capital rules, foster the creation of special-purpose banks and take other steps to strengthen minority communities and businesses without legislation being sought in Congress — if it has the will to do so, experts say.
August 25 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is scrapping a capital proposal it released last year and will seek comments on a new plan in 2020.
November 19 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is planning on finalizing its proposed capital requirements for the government-sponsored enterprises this summer, the agency's acting director said Wednesday.
March 28 -
A proposal issued over a year ago by federal banking agencies to simplify risk-based capital rules and ease compliance burdens for community banks has still not been finalized, and mortgage brokers and bankers are calling on them to do just that.
December 18 -
The proposal by Fannie and Freddie’s regulator to impose bank-like capital requirements would be relevant only if the companies leave conservatorship. But that hasn’t stopped lenders from requesting changes.
November 26 -
The House Financial Services Committee passed 13 bills (and scrapped a vote on one) Wednesday, including one that would stop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from being released by the government and another hailed as helping the underbanked in rural areas.
December 12 -
The proposal is aimed at a simpler capital regime particularly for community banks, but some industry representatives and regulators themselves questioned whether the plan went far enough.
September 27 -
EU-based banks are citing a U.S. Treasury Department report as reason to slow-walk international regulatory standards.
September 18