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Senators call on FHFA’s Bill Pulte to pause GSE privatization plans

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A group of 14 Democratic senators, led by Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), have called on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to pause any potential plans to release government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship. The letter, first reported by Bloomberg, said that any potential […]

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Bowman’s reform agenda targets ratings, supervision, capital

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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman, who was confirmed as the central bank’s next vice chair for supervision this week.Bloomberg News Bank ratings, examination practices and capital requirements are all poised for reforms under the Federal Reserve’s new chief regulator. In her first speech since being confirmed as Fed vice chair for supervision, Michelle Bowman outlined

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Bowman confirmed as top regulator at Fed

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Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle BowmanBloomberg News WASHINGTON — Michelle Bowman has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision. The Senate confirmed Bowman’s nomination in a 48-46 vote, split along party lines. Once she is sworn in, Bowman will serve as the top bank regulator at the Fed,

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HUD walks back prior default guidance as too ‘burdensome’ for mortgage servicers

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In a move that’s designed to simplify prior policy, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) on Tuesday published a new Mortgagee Letter (ML) that targets borrower default engagement practices that were published in the waning days of the Biden administration. ML 2025-14 makes changes to final guidance first floated last summer to open up communications between

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Senators call for investigation of possible DOGE ethics violations

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Three senators are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal watchdogs to investigate whether U.S. DOGE Service aides tasked with downsizing government agencies violated conflict-of-interest laws by holding stocks in companies overseen by thes, according to a recent ProPublica report. The request — sent last week by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden

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GSEs could go public while staying under government control

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The Trump administration has studied the possibility of turning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into public companies while keeping them under conservatorship — one of several alternatives still under consideration, according to a Bloomberg report published Tuesday. The primary goal of the administration is to reduce the U.S. budget deficit and avoid any increase in

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Mat Ishbia: GSEs acting ‘private’ in conservatorship could be best of both worlds

Bill Pulte, Donald Trump, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GSE Reform, HWmember, LendingLife, Mat Ishbia, Mortgage, Regulatory, Trump administration, United Wholesale Mortgage / Ricky Vasquez

Mat Ishbia, the president and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), said last week he doesn’t think that releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from conservatorship is a major focus for the Trump administration — and he isn’t sure “whether it should be.” One thing he is confident about: If ending the conservatorship results in

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Updated list of Bill Pulte’s actions that impact FHFA, GSEs

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Below is a timeline of the actions or reports related to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte that have impacted the regulator or the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since Pulte was announced as President Donald Trump’s nominee for the role in January and took office in March. January/February Trump

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How Bill Pulte has reshaped FHFA and the GSEs

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A key decision maker in the federal housing apparatus, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) oversees the regulator of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and the Federal Home Loan Banks. But Bill Pulte has been anything but a conventional FHFA director (pardon the term, since we’re not talking about conforming loan limits just

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Whiplash: As second court orders halt to tariffs, appeals court keeps them in place

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Following a late Wednesday night decision by the U.S. Court of International Trade to halt President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on trade partners, a second federal court issued a similar decision in which it ruled that the invocation of a 1977 law does not give the president unilateral authority to impose such levies. But a

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Senators call on FHFA’s Bill Pulte to pause GSE privatization plans

Bowman’s reform agenda targets ratings, supervision, capital

Bowman confirmed as top regulator at Fed

HUD walks back prior default guidance as too ‘burdensome’ for mortgage servicers

Senators call for investigation of possible DOGE ethics violations

GSEs could go public while staying under government control

Mat Ishbia: GSEs acting ‘private’ in conservatorship could be best of both worlds

Updated list of Bill Pulte’s actions that impact FHFA, GSEs

How Bill Pulte has reshaped FHFA and the GSEs

Whiplash: As second court orders halt to tariffs, appeals court keeps them in place

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