Tag Archives: GSE

Fannie Mae’s first quarter net income was down sharply from that in Q4. Gains in risk management derivatives were overshadowed by smaller increases in interest rates and less income from fees. Lower refinancing activity also contributed to the smaller bottom line.

With proposals to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac popping up as part of an overall housing makeover, government and industry officials weigh the risks and rewards of various plans carefully since few are calling for wholesale reform. This select print feature originally appeared in the March 2017 issue of MReport magazine.

GSE says slow consumer spending in January should not dampen the national economy. Jobs and residential construction key to GDP growth.

As Fannie Mae has reported in its most recent Lender Sentiment Survey, lenders’ experiences with next-generation technology service providers (TSPs) has varied greatly. But nearly all see integration as the future.

The GSE is expected to pay the Department of the Treasury a $5.5B dividend next month.

Brian Koss, EVP for the Mortgage Network, discusses with MReport some recent changes the GSEs have made to their programs and how those changes will affect lenders.

The Q1 financial results for Fannie Mae contained much better news than the report of its fellow GSE, Freddie Mac, earlier this week.

The GSEs’ mortgage portfolios are being reduced at a rapid rate with the impending total loss of their capital buffer. What does this mean for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in terms of a financial bailout?

CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics, and data-enabled services provider, announced that its condominium project review solution, CondoSafe, will support the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Condominium Project Questionnaires that the GSEs announced on March 29, 2016.

Per the direction of their conservator and regulator, the FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were instructed not to conduct loan-level reviews for technical compliance with TRID when conducting their credit-risk transfer transactions.