Heid served in several executive positions over nearly three decades at Wells Fargo.
Read More »Housing Forecasts Stay Calm Through Economic Storm
With both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac downwardly revising their projected economic growth for the full year of 2016, what do they expect for housing?
Read More »Fannie Mae’s Portfolio Gets a Little Less Delinquent
Wall Street has figured in another billion-plus dollar non-performing loan (NPL) sale for one of the GSEs.
Read More »Center-Right Coalition Urges GSE Reform
Most everyone agrees that the conservatorships need to end, but cannot agree on how. What did a conservative coalition propose as the solution?
Read More »Did TRID Offer Large Lenders a Helping Hand?
When the CFPB implemented the TRID rule, lenders were faced with the new challenge of altering their disclosure and closing processes. Now the question is which lenders, large or small, were able to come out on top following the TRID regulation.
Read More »Servicers, Get Ready for Record Low Mortgage Modification Rates
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently announced a big change to the benchmark mortgage modification interest rate that will help servicers.
Read More »What Factors are Driving Consumer Confidence?
Consumers are exuding confidence about selling their home in the current housing environment, which could bode well for the continued supply troubles.
Read More »Delving into Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Earnings
The financial results for Q1 2016 released by both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae this week, particularly for Freddie Mac, have resulted in even more questions as to whether or not the current GSE model is sustainable.
Read More »Fannie Mae Brings Good News to Earnings Table
The Q1 financial results for Fannie Mae contained much better news than the report of its fellow GSE, Freddie Mac, earlier this week.
Read More »Fannie Mae Enhances Credit Risk-Sharing Disclosures
To date, Fannie Mae's CAS program has resulted in the transfer of credit risk on single-family loans totaling more than a half trillion dollars. What enhancements did Fannie Mae make to the program?
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