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
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February 22, 2017
GSE Investors’ Hidden Win
The big news yesterday was that the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled in the main for the federal government in Perry Capital v. Mnuchin, one of the major cases that investors brought against the federal government … Continue reading
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February 17, 2017
Kushner Conflicts with Fannie & Freddie
Bloomberg quoted me in Kushner’s Use of U.S.-Backed Apartment Loans Poses Conflict Risk. It opens, Jared Kushner relinquished control of his family’s multibillion-dollar real-estate business in January to eliminate conflicts of interest when he became a top White House adviser to … Continue reading
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January 31, 2017
Mortgage Bankers and GSE Reform
The Mortgage Bankers Association has released GSE Reform Principles and Guardrails. It opens, This paper serves as an introduction to MBA’s recommended approach to GSE reform. Its purpose is to outline what MBA views as the key components of an end … Continue reading
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January 24, 2017
Can Fannie and Freddie Be Privatized?
Kroll Bond Rating Agency posted Housing Reform 2017: Can the GSEs be Privatized? The big housing finance reform question is whether there is now sufficient consensus in Washington to determine the fate of Fannie and Freddie, now approaching their ninth year … Continue reading
January 24, 2017 in Federal Housing Finance Agency | Permalink | No Comments
December 16, 2016
Muddled Future for Fannie & Freddie
The United States Government Accountability Office released a report, Objectives Needed for the Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac After Conservatorships. The GAO’s findings read a bit like a “dog bites man” story — stating, as it does, the … Continue reading
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