Tag Archives: Fannie Mae

Three GSE shareholders are seeking billions of dollars in a federal court in Texas over the sweeping of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits into Treasury.

The Congressional Budget Office analyzed what the effects on the industry would be if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were to increase their capital levels.

For the past three years, Fannie Mae has transferred a substantial portion of credit risk to mortgage insurance affiliates. But until now, all of those transactions have been of the back-end variety.

Tight inventory has been a major impediment to first-time buyers entering the housing market as of late. Not so much for single-family renters, however.

Homebuyer sentiment has taken a tumble since peaking in July. Why are would-be homebuyers less confident now than they were in the summer?

The FHFA spells out what it hopes to accomplish through the agencies it regulates (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks) in the Agency's FY2017 Annual Performance Plan.

Fannie Mae has announced the implementation of enhancements to its Desktop Underwriter (DU) Version 10.0 aimed at providing more simplicity and certainty to lenders.

Fannie Mae is predicting economic growth to accelerate substantially in the second half. What will be the drivers of the growth, and how does housing figure in?

Q3 marked the third straight quarter in which lenders reported a net positive profit margin outlook, according to Fannie Mae. Notably, compliance costs were less of a concern among lenders compared with Q3 last year.

Federal officials are pondering the weight of student loan debt on young adults. Do the benefits of higher education outweigh the downside of student loan debt when it comes to homeownership?