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Fannie-Freddie Overseer Puts Squeeze on $50 Billion Bond Market
By Joe Light
July 8, 2020, Bloomberg
A bond market once thought to be key to the futures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and the roughly $5 trillion …
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announce underwriting advisers
By Kathleen Howley
June 15, 2020, HousingWire
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the world’s largest mortgage financing companies, announced on Monday the firms they will use as financial advisers for …
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Mortgage bailout total shrinks for first time since start of pandemic
The number of borrowers in both government and private-label mortgage forbearance programs dropped by 34,000 last week, according to new numbers from Black Knight, a mortgage technology and data provider. …
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Fitch weighs the potential fallout of GSEs exiting conservatorship
By Brad Finkelstein
June 3, 2020, National Mortgage News
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has reduced the likelihood of seeing meaningful housing finance reform in the next couple …
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Fannie and Freddie’s Capital Dilemma
By Telis Demos
May 27, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
It seems that there is never a simple answer when it comes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The housing …
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Delinquencies and foreclosures won’t be as bad as feared, data suggests
By Kate Berry
May 26, 2020, American Banker
The pace of forbearance requests by homeowners has almost leveled off in recent weeks, raising hope among mortgage servicers that delinquencies and …
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Mortgage Credit Tightens, Creating Drag on Any Economic Recovery
By Andrew Ackerman and Nick Timiraos
May 25, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
With interest rates falling to the lowest level on record, this should be a banner time for …
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Fannie-Freddie Capital Plan Calls for Buffers Above $200 Billion
By Joe Light
May 20, 2020, Bloomberg
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator is proposing that the mortgage giants be required to hold hundreds of billions of dollars in capital …
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SOFR phase-in for cash products sparks ‘mismatch’ fears
By Ben St. Clair
May 14, 2020, Risk
A plan to move existing U.S. cash loans from Libor to a new risk-free rate over the course of one year could …
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Fannie, Freddie Extend Moratorium on Foreclosures Through June
By Jesse Westbrook
May 14, 2020, Bloomberg
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac extended their suspensions on mortgage foreclosures through at least June as U.S. homeowners continue to be hit hard …
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