Tag Archives: Fannie Mae

While housing activity and consumer spending in Q2 picked up, a slowdown in hiring and business investment has tempered what should have been a rosy forecast from Fannie Mae.

There was a lot of optimism surrounding household formation just two years ago. Things did not exactly pan out as hoped, however.

Fannie Mae has appointed GE Capital executive J. Douglas Watt as SVP and chief audit executive effective July 11.

Mortgage lenders reported demand growth for GSE eligible purchase mortgages over the past three months rebounded significantly in the second quarter this year.

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) had its best month ever in May, two months after hitting a speed bump.

Housing finance reform is once again taking center stage as several industry stakeholders have sounded off on the topic, stressing the importance of protecting taxpayers and the mortgage industry in general.

The value of Fannie Mae's gross mortgage portfolio fell below its cap for 2016 in March; how much further did it contract in April?

Depositions unsealed last month showed that key officials at the GSEs may have known they were about to be profitable in 2012. Now the judge wants to see more.

The Net Worth Sweep, or the sweeping of all Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits into Treasury, has been under more intense scrutiny as of late.

A University of Virginia School of Law professor examines the possibility of the government asserting executive privilege by withholding documents related to the GSE Net Worth Sweep.