March 2026

FHFA plan renews its effort to grow counterparty oversight

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s latest performance review plan emphasizes interest in having more power to review Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s business partners. Processing Content “Currently, US Federal Housing does not have statutory authority to oversee third-party service providers. These third-party relationships can potentially pose risks,” the agency — which Director Bill Pulte alternately […]

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Major GSE investor echoes Ackman’s call for Fannie, Freddie uplisting

Oksenholt Capital Management, an investor in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s stock, is echoing earlier calls by billionaire Bill Ackman for the government-sponsored enterprises’ shares to be moved back to a major exchange. Processing Content “In my view, the time has come for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to return to a major public exchange

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Prime mortgages support $363.2 million in RMBS from RATE

RATE Mortgage Trust’s latest securitization of prime mortgages will raise $362.2 million in securitized bonds, with the highest average loan balance and the highest concentration of single-family homes in about four years. Processing Content The deal includes a long series of tranches of class A notes that are a combination of exchangeable and interest-only notes,

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