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Freddie Mac prices first-ever credit risk transfer linked to SOFR
By Brad Finkelstein
October 19, 2020, National Mortgage News
Freddie Mac has issued its first credit risk transfer deal linked to the Structured Overnight Financing Rate that is being pushed …
Fannie, Freddie Capital Increase Is Endorsed by Risk Panel
By Andrew Ackerman
September 25, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
A plan to impose stricter capital requirements on mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Friday won the endorsement …
Fed’s Mortgage-Buying Spree at $1 Trillion With No End in Sight
By Christopher Maloney
September 1, 2020, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve has snapped up $1 trillion of mortgage bonds since March, a record pace of purchasing, as the U.S. central bank …
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Pimco Warns FHFA’s Fannie-Freddie Plan Threatens Housing Finance
By Joe Light
September 1, 2020, Bloomberg
Pacific Investment Management Co., one of the world’s biggest bond investors, is warning that a regulator’s push to end federal control of Fannie …
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Mortgage Refinance Surcharge Delayed by Fannie, Freddie Until Dec. 1
By Andrew Ackerman
August 25, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Many homeowners who refinance their mortgages in the next three months will avoid paying an additional fee averaging $1,400, a …
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Mortgage Industry in for More Surprises
By Telis Demos
August 18, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s new fee has roiled the mortgage industry. It could be just a taste of what …
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac forbearance rate drops below 5%
By Kathleen Howley
August 17, 2020, HousingWire
The forbearance rate for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dropped to 4.94% in the first week of August, the first …
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New Tradeweb/IBA benchmark tipped as ‘competitor’ to SOFR
By Robert Mackenzie Smith
August 13, 2020, Risk
A new benchmark developed jointly by Tradeweb and Ice Benchmark Administration is being eyed as a potential alternative to the secured overnight …
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Fannie, Freddie Will Impose New Fee on Most Mortgage Refinances
By Joe Light
August 12, 2020, Bloomberg
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are planning to charge an additional fee on most mortgage refinance loans that could raise costs for borrowers …
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Fannie, Freddie to face banklike liquidity standards starting Sept. 1
By Hannah Lang
July 31, 2020, American Banker
The Federal Housing Finance Agency quietly imposed new liquidity requirements on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in June that will require the …
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