While many housing stakeholders and lawmakers agree that the conservatorship needs to end, the issue of the GSEs' future remains a source of contention. Some of the GSEs' biggest investors, such as Fairholme Funds and Pershing Square, have filed lawsuits over the sweeping of GSE profits into Treasury, which began in 2012 when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac returned to profitability.
Read More »Nomura’s Penalty in Mortgage-Backed Securities Lawsuit Increased to $839 Million
Nomura Holdings and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have agreed to pay an extra $33 million in addition to the $806 million a judge ordered them to pay for allegedly misrepresenting the quality of mortgage-backed securities sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the run-up to the financial crisis.
Read More »Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Are Intensifying Risk Sharing Initiatives
Schwartz noted that many private placement deals have taken place vs. traditional private label securitization transactions, which have been almost nonexistent since the conservatorship began.
Read More »Moody’s Upgrades $1 Billion Worth of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac RMBS
The note holders for these transactions are not entitled to receive cash from the mortgage loans in the reference pools, unlike typical RMBS transactions. Rather, the performance of the mortgage loans in the reference pool determines the timing and amount of principal and interest the GSEs are obligated to pay on the notes.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s First Community Impact NPL Pool Goes to New Jersey Non-Profit
The smaller Community Impact Pool consists of 75 high-occupancy and geographically focused loans with about $11 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB). The transaction is expected to close on October 26, 2015, according to Fannie Mae.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Mortgage Portfolio and Serious Delinquency Rates Drop Yet Again
The serious delinquency rate on single-family mortgage loans backed by Fannie Mae dropped another three basis points down to 1.63 percent in July and is now well below its pre-crisis level.
Read More »Congress Urged to Pass Bill to Protect Taxpayers from Another Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Bailout
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and 14 other organizations have written an open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate urging them to pass legislation that would provide a cushion to prevent another taxpayer bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Read More »Soft Economic Growth Projected for the Rest of 2015; Housing Data Mixed
Housing data was mixed in June, but all main indicators increased during the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year. This supports Fannie Mae's expectation of a broad-based improvement in the housing market.
Read More »Millennial Desire for Homeownership is Strong, But Financial Hurdles Persist
According to Fannie Mae's recent National Housing Survey (NHS) data, millennial renters (ages 25-34) today have as much desire to own a home as the general population of renters.
Read More »Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are Exceeding Credit Risk Transfer Goals
FHFA said that going forward it will set specific goals in the annual conservatorship scorecard and work closely with staff members at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help the GSEs develop and evaluate their credit risk transfer structures. FHFA is encouraging the GSEs to continue engaging in large volumes of meaningful credit risk transfer.
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