April 25, 2017
Budding GSE Reform
The Mortgage Bankers Association has released a paper on GSE Reform: Creating a Sustainable, More Vibrant Secondary Mortgage Market (link to paper on this page). This paper builds on a shorter version that the MBA released a few months ago. Jim … Continue reading
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April 19, 2017
How Tight Is The Credit Box?
Laurie Goodman of the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has posted a working paper, Quantifying the Tightness of Mortgage Credit and Assessing Policy Actions. The paper opens, Mortgage credit has become very tight in the aftermath of the financial … Continue reading
April 19, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
April 17, 2017
This Is What GSE Reform Looks Like
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Division of Conservatorship release an Update on Implementation of the Single Security and the Common Securitization Platform. As I had discussed last week, housing finance reform is proceeding apace from within the FHFA notwithstanding assertions … Continue reading
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April 13, 2017
Fannie + Freddie = Frannie
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its 2016 Scorecard Progress Report. It contains some interesting information about the FHFA’s ongoing efforts to reshape Fannie and Freddie notwithstanding the inaction of Congress. These efforts are not broadcast very clearly, but they … Continue reading
April 13, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
April 6, 2017
Is There a Bipartisan Fix for Fannie and Freddie?
The Hill published my latest column, Congress May Have Finally Found a Bipartisan Fix to Fannie and Freddie. It reads, It is welcome news to hear that Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are looking to craft a bipartisan … Continue reading
April 6, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
March 15, 2017
Fannie and Freddie’s Credit Risk Transfers
The Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center has released its February 2017 Housing Finance at a Glance Chartbook, always a great resource for housing geeks. Each Chartbook highlights one topic. This one focuses on GSE credit risk transfers, an important … Continue reading
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March 13, 2017
Three Paths to Housing Finance Reform
The Urban Institute’s Jim Parrott has posted Clarifying the Choices in Housing Finance Reform. It opens, The housing finance reform debate has often foundered under the weight of its complexity. Not only is it a complicated topic, both in its … Continue reading
March 13, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
