Existing-Home Sales Will Not See Meaningful Growth for the Remainder of 2024
Despite a significant decline in mortgage rates and improved supply in some parts of the country, existing home sales are not expected to pick...
Fannie Mae Auctioning Two Pools of Non-Performing Loans
Fannie Mae is auctioning two pools of non-performing loans with unpaid principal balances of $296.7 million and $7.2 million.
The larger pool includes approximately 1,766...
Freddie Mac Taps Diana Reid as its Next CEO
Real estate and financial services industry veteran Diana Reid is the new CEO of Freddie Mac, effective immediately.
Reid also will serve as a member...
MIAC Analytics Handling Sale of $1.09B Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac MSR Portfolio
MIAC Analytics is managing the sale of a $1.09 billion Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio.
The portfolio is being offered...
Fannie Mae Selling Pool of Reperforming Loans With UPB of About $611.2 Million
Fannie Mae is auctioning a pool of approximately 3,119 reperforming loans with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $611.2 million as part of its...
Freddie Mac Single-Family CRT Program Marks Milestone
Freddie Mac reports that its Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) Program has closed its 100th ACIS (Agency Credit Insurance Structure) transaction.
Since the first transaction...
Federal Agencies: Lenders Must Implement QC Standards for AVMs
Mortgage lenders and secondary market issuers must implement quality control standards for the automated valuation models (AVMs) they use in valuing homes, as per...
Vice Capital Markets Integrates Fannie Mae Mission Score API Into Trading Portal
Mortgage hedge advisory firm Vice Capital Markets has integrated the Fannie Mae’s Mission Score application programming interface (API) into its trading portal, allowing current...
Fannie Mae Transfers Risk on $8.2 Billion of Single-Family Loans
Fannie Mae recently executed its fifth credit insurance risk transfer transaction of 2024 on $8.2 billion of single-family loans.
The Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT)...
FHFA, CFPB Update Loan Level Data For Public Use
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have published updated loan-level data for public use collected through the...
Housing Policy Council Taps Michael Drayne as SVP of Capital Markets
Michael R. Drayne has joined the Housing Policy Council (HPC), a trade association comprised of the leading national mortgage lenders and servicers; mortgage, hazard,...
FHFA Grants Conditional Approval for Freddie Mac to Purchase Second Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has granted conditional approval for Freddie Mac to purchase certain single-family closed-end second mortgages as a pilot program.
This...
FHFA Seeks Public Input on the GSEs’ Underserved Markets Plans
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking public feedback on the proposed 2025-2027 Underserved Markets Plans submitted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
PIMCO is Winning Bidder on Three Pools of Reperforming Loans Auctioned by Fannie Mae
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) is the winning bidder on three pools of reperforming mortgage loans recently auctioned by Fannie Mae.
Reperforming loans are...
FHFA Announces New CIO, CFO
Luis Campudoni has been named chief information officer for the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) while Mary Peterman has been named chief financial officer.
Campudoni...
HUD, GSEs to Allow Consumers to Seek Reconsideration of Appraisals
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
FHFA Names Tracy Stephan Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Tracy Stephan has been named chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
Stephan will continue in her role leading the...
Fannie Mae: Consumers are ‘Adjusting Their Expectations for the Housing Market’
The percentage of U.S. consumers who say it is a good time to buy a home increased to 21% in March, up from 19%...
GSEs’ Loan Forbearance Numbers Continued to Drop in Q4 2023
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) fourth-quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 43,903 foreclosure prevention...
Freddie Mac Appoints Michael T. Hutchins as Interim CEO
Michael T. Hutchins will serve as the interim CEO for Freddie Mac as the company continues its search for a permanent CEO.
Hutchins also will...