May 2025

Trump regulatory changes benefit industry, MBA leader says

The Mortgage Bankers Association expects regulatory easing in the first months of the second Donald Trump administration to provide favorable tailwinds for the lending industry, its top official said on Tuesday. With a release from a series of existing and pending rules put forth by financial regulators under former President Biden, the association’s CEO Bob […]

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‘Don’t fix what’s not broken’: experts mull cons of GSE exit

While some policymakers have long pushed to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship, experts caution that a return to full privatization would be far from a fairy tale. Panelists Tuesday at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference weighed the many downsides of the complicated, and increasingly unlikely move if

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