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Despite a year-over-year decline in profitability, Fannie Mae's Q2 earnings report still contained several positives, among them liquidity provided to the mortgage market and credit risk transfer.

The FHFA's annual report on the progress of the GSEs' guarantee fees found that the fees are more stable due to lower credit risk on new acquisitions.

The effects of last month’s Brexit vote are starting to take hold in the U.S. mortgage market, where cautious (but definitive) optimism has sparked the refinancing sector.

Data shows that borrowers who refinance through HARP are much less likely to be delinquent than HARP-eligible borrowers who do not utilize the program.

Voters are widely dissatisfied with access to housing and mortgages and they believe the system is rigged against those who can't borrow money, according to a recent survey.

According to the FHFA, the GSEs intend to begin implementing the Common Securitization Platform software later this year.

With the release of Fannie Mae’s most recent Home Purchase Sentiment Index, it seems consumers have mixed feelings on the outlook of today’s housing and economic markets.

The aggregate UPB of Fannie Mae's gross mortgage portfolio has shrunk by more than 50 percent in the last six years.

A group of 26 stakeholders in the housing industry has written a letter to FHFA Director Mel Watt asking him to either reduce or eliminate loan-level price adjustments (LLPAs) and guarantee fees charged by the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The bill, called the HR 5505 GSE Review and Reform Act, would require the U.S Treasury Secretary to study the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac annually.