Fannie Mae Continues Efforts to Close Latino Homeownership Gap
According to a recent study conducted by the Urban Institute, 70% of net-new homeowners between 2020 and 2040 will be Hispanic/Latino, and this demographic...
Freddie Mac Auctions Off $586 Million in NPLS
Freddie Mac has sold via auction 3,564 non-performing residential first lien loans (NPLs) from its mortgage-related investments portfolio. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, Select Portfolio...
Fannie Mae Names Most Recent NPL Loan Sale Winner
Fannie Mae has announced the results of its twenty-first non-performing loan (NPL) sale transaction. The deal, announced on August 10, included the sale of...
Fannie Mae Opens Latest Sale of Reperforming Loans
Fannie Mae has begun marketing its thirtieth sale of reperforming loans as part of its ongoing effort to reduce the size of its retained...
Ginnie Mae MBS Portfolio Hits $2.458 Trillion in August
In August, Ginnie Mae’s mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio outstanding grew to $2.458 trillion – including $38.1 billion of total MBS issuance, leading to $18...
FHFA Continues Conversation About Credit Scores, Reporting for Fannie/Freddie Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced additional opportunities for ongoing public engagement to facilitate the transition to updated credit score models and...
Nexus Nova Earns Fannie Mae Master Servicing Approval
MSR investing platform Nexus Nova LLC, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based private investment firm Rice Park Capital Management LP, has received Fannie Mae master servicing...
Fannie Mae: Sale of Reperforming Loans Begins
Fannie Mae has begun marketing its twenty-ninth sale of reperforming loans as part of the company's ongoing effort to reduce the size of its...
Freddie Mac Prices About $471 Million Securitization of RPLs
Freddie Mac has priced its first Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust (SCRT) offering of 2023 – a securitization of approximately $471 million including both...
Fannie Mae GeMS Issuance: $641 Million Multifamily Social DUS REMIC
Fannie Mae priced a $641 million Multifamily Social DUS REMIC under its Fannie Mae Guaranteed Multifamily Structures (Fannie Mae GeMS) program on July 21;...
Freddie Mac Debuts Financial Education Tools in Spanish
In an effort to increase knowledge about building, maintaining and using credit, Freddie Mac has launched a Spanish version of its CreditSmart Essentials free...
Freddie Mac Single-Family Green MBS Issuance Near $1.4 Billion in 2022
Freddie Mac has released its 2022 Green MBS Impact Report showing the company issued $1.372 billion of Single-Family Green Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) for the...
Ginnie Mae: Mortgage-Backed Securities Portfolio Grew in June
Ginnie Mae's mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio outstanding grew to $2.422 trillion in June. That figure includes $39 billion of total MBS issuance, leading to...
Ginnie Mae Continues to Enhance LMI Disclosures
Ginnie Mae has expanded its low-to-moderate income (LMI) disclosure initiative to include loan-level pool data for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service (USDA-RHS)...
Fifth Fannie Mae CAS REMIC Deal Priced at $738 Million
Fannie Mae has priced Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS) Series 2023-R05 – an approximately $738 million note offering that represents Fannie Mae's fifth CAS REMIC...
Fannie Executes CIRT Transactions on $26.6 Billion in Home Loans
Fannie Mae has executed its sixth and seventh Credit Insurance Risk Transfer (CIRT) transactions of 2023. CIRT 2023-6 and CIRT 2023-7 in aggregate transferred...
Ginnie Mae Issuers Can Use RON for POA Mortgage Documents
Ginnie Mae is extending the use of electronic signatures in conjunction with Remote Online Notarization (RON) to include power of attorney (POA) mortgage documents.
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Ginnie Mae MBS Portfolio Now At $2.404 Trillion
In May, Ginnie Mae’s mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio outstanding grew to $2.404 trillion – including $34 billion of total MBS issuance, leading to $14...
Freddie Mac Expands Financing for Native American Communities
HeritageOne – a new Freddie Mac mortgage product to support members of Native American communities – will provide affordable financing options for single-family properties...
Fannie Mae Adds Analytics Tool to Gauge Climate Related Risk
To assess the potential impacts of climate change on its mortgage portfolio backed by over 17 million United States single-family and multifamily residential assets,...