Tag Archives: Fannie Mae

Both GSEs are required to reduce the volume of their mortgage portfolios, and both are required to have a zero capital buffer by January 1, 2018. To some, that is an extremely bad combination for taxpayers while the FHFA's conservatorship of the GSEs continues.

The House Financial Services Committee unanimously passed a bill this week that lifts certain restrictions placed on insurance companies by the federal government and gives states more flexibility to license and regulate private flood insurance.

The industry has been buzzing about the GSEs' lack of capital ever since FHFA Mel Watt identified it as a risk that is likely to escalate as long as the GSEs remain in conservatorship. What will the Q1 earnings reports for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bring?

Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan recently discussed with DS News the weak economic growth in Q1 and lingering supply issues in housing—and the possibility of another recession.

FHFA's conservatorship scorecard called for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lay off a certain amount of risk on single-family mortgages in 2015. Exactly how much credit risk did they transfer?

The mortgage portfolios of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expanded slightly to start the year. Will this have an effect on winding the portfolios down while they are under the FHFA's conservatorship?

Fannie Mae has announced that later this year it will begin securitizing reperforming loans. What are the potential benefits of this move?

How much credit risk did Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac offload with their respective transactions announced this week?

Andrew Davidson, President of Andrew Davidson & Co., Inc., says that the GSEs should be striped down to the functions that promote standardization, liquidity, and access to credit, and adopt the best governance structures for those functions using these four methods.

What is the outlook for the GSE shareholders' appeal of a lawsuit against the government over the sweep of GSE profits into Treasury that was previously dismissed in the D.C. District Court? Hamish Hume, partner with Boies, Schiller & Flexner, discusses all points of the case.