Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac risks a return to the kind of perilous mortgages that helped cause the global financial crisis unless regulatory safeguards are kept in place, an affordable housing nonprofit said in a paper on Tuesday. READ MORE: GSE overhaul talk revives as key players meet “This is essential to averting the […]
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The Federal Housing Finance Board is reportedly back in action after a long hiatus, leading to speculation that the Trump administration could be working on taking its next steps forward in contemplating government-sponsored enterprise reform. The heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s conservator and regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Housing and Urban
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The American Bankers Association voiced its concerns over a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau final rule to eliminate a pandemic-era policy affecting loss-mitigation procedures that brought flexibility to servicers. While stating its support to the easing of some regulations proposed since the beginning of the second Trump term, the ABA urged the bureau to retain
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