Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have new homework assignments from the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which raise the stakes considerably for the government-sponsored enterprises’ 2022-2024 affordable housing goals.
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Industry Briefs Aug. 17, 2021
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released reports providing the results of the 2020 and 2021 annual stress tests Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Commercial/Multifamily Briefs from Reonomy, Fannie Mae
Data firm Reonomy, New York, expanded its Market Glance insights to 30 metropolitan statistical areas across Multifamily, Office, Retail, Industrial and Hospitality categories.
MBA: GSE Compensation Should be Sufficient to Attract Best Talent
The most important asset Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks have is their human capital, so their compensation must be sufficient to attract and retain top talent, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency Tuesday.
June New Home Sales Down 6.6%
June new home sales fell well below consensus expectations, HUD and the Census Bureau reported Monday, though analysts did not appear to be too worried by the results.
MBA MAA ‘Call to Action’ on GSE ‘G-Fees’
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s grassroots advocacy arm, the Mortgage Action Alliance, issued a ‘Call to Action’ on Monday to its 70,000-plus members urging them to tell their elected officials to not use government-sponsored enterprise guaranty fees (g-fees) as a source of funding offsets.
MBA, Trade Groups Reiterate Opposition to G-Fee Offsets
Fresh off of last week’s regulatory victory in which the Federal Housing Finance Agency withdrew its controversial adverse market refinance fee, the Mortgage Bankers Association and several dozen industry trade groups took fresh aim at another controversial practice—a move in Congress to use the government-sponsored enterprises’ guaranty fees—known as “g-fees”—to offset funding for non-housing programs.
MBA, Trade Groups Reiterate Opposition to G-Fee Offsets
Fresh off of last week’s regulatory victory in which the Federal Housing Finance Agency withdrew its controversial adverse market refinance fee, the Mortgage Bankers Association and several dozen industry trade groups took fresh aim at another controversial practice—a move in Congress to use the government-sponsored enterprises’ guaranty fees—known as “g-fees”—to offset funding for non-housing programs.
Dealmaker: Capital One Closes $13M Fannie Mae Loan to Refinance Los Angeles Apartments
Capital One provided a $13 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance La Corona del Mar, a 107-unit apartment community in San Pedro, Calif.
Fannie Mae: Homebuyer Satisfaction with Mortgage Process Remains High
Homebuyer satisfaction with the mortgage process remained high during the pandemic year, said Fannie Mae, despite most lenders facing the challenges of remote working and increased volume.