Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Friday that the committee would be launching a full investigation into recent allegations in a Bloomberg ...
Read More »GSE Reform’s Impact on Housing
A new research looks at how various scenarios of an administrative reform for the GSEs, in the absence of a reform legislation, could affect the mortgage and housing markets.
Read More »Fannie Mae Moves in a Positive Direction
Fannie Mae released its Q1 financial statement Thursday. Overall, the news was good for the GSE. Fannie posted a net income of $4.3 billion, after taxes, in Q1. ...
Read More »Survival of the Fittest
As the industry enters post-crisis mode, there's a new phase of operational disruption on the horizon—deregulation. Editor’s Note: This story was originally featured in the April issue of MReport, out now.
Read More »Freddie Mac Forecasts Housing Market Status Through 2019
Freddie Mac has released its latest Outlook, breaking down the state of the housing market in April 2018 and examining where things are likely to head over the ...
Read More »Government Expands Mortgage Credit Access, Private Market Still Clenched
Despite mortgage credit availability being at an all-time high, why does the private market remain restricted? A new report tries to understand the trend.
Read More »The Challenges of Balancing Mortgage Risk and Access
Striking a balance between default risk and credit access can be an onerous, if not impossible, task to undertake, Urban Wire reports. Take some recent, well-intentioned efforts by ...
Read More »Investors Remain Bullish on GSEs’ Credit Risk Transfer Program
Bolstered by a strong private sector market demand, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued to attract and expand private sector investment in the last quarter of 2017.
Read More »Promoting and Protecting Homeownership
It’s been a decade since the housing crisis of 2008. As the present administration looks at rolling back some of the more stringent regulations that were introduced during ...
Read More »GSE Reform: What It Means for Borrowers
In the event of another market crash, congress is taking action to prevent further cost to taxpayers by introducing reform to the GSEs. However, how might this reform impact Fannie and Freddie's borrowers?
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