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Setting New Standards for Residential Mortgage Backed Securities
By Seth Welborn
November 22, 2019, DSNews
Fitch Ratings is calling the newly recommended adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) fallback language a “positive development” as it moves toward becoming the market standard …
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Firms Warn of Risks in Plan to Take Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Private
By Andrew Ackerman
November 24, 2019, Wall Street Journal
Some of the biggest names in finance are warning that the government’s plan to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to …
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Risky Mortgage Bonds Return as Delinquencies Pile Up
The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with some of the same high-risk characteristics is …
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Fannie, Freddie Regulator Launches Process for New Capital Requirements at Mortgage Finance Firms
By Andrew Ackerman
November 19, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s federal regulator kicked off a process for the mortgage finance companies to raise enough capital …
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JP Morgan Deal Shows Possible Path to Smaller Fannie and Freddie
By Sam Goldfarb
November 8, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
A recent move by JP Morgan Chase & Co. to shed risk on some of its mortgage loans is stirring …
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Fannie, Freddie government lifeline cut could cause economic pain: DoubleLine
By Megan Davies and Kate Dugid
November 7, 2019, Reuters
The Trump administration’s aspiration to end government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is unlikely to be realized anytime …
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Risky Mortgage Bonds Are Back and Delinquencies Are Piling Up
By Claire Boston
November 4, 2019, Bloomberg
The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with …
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GSEs need to shape up if they want to leave conservatorship: Calabria
By Hannah Lang
October 31, 2019, American Banker
With the Federal Housing Finance Agency intensely focused on setting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on a path out of conservatorship, it …
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Mark Calabria: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will increase focus on exiting conservatorship
By Kelsey Ramirez
October 28, 2019, HousingWire
In a keynote speech at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual convention in Austin, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria explained the agency …
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FHFA releases 2020 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
By Kathleen Howley
October 28, 2019, HousingWire
The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its annual “Scorecard” for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac outlining the goals its regulator will use for …
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