DSNews BY: Brian Honea November 17, 2015 Seven years after the housing market crashed, serious delinquency rates for most mortgage portfolios are at or near pre-recession levels, and the GSEs are no exception. The GSEs’ exposure to credit risk from mortgages originated during the years of the housing bubble continues to be “significant but declining,” […]
Category: GSE
Fannie Mae Change Aimed at Helping More Struggling Borrowers Avoid Foreclosure
DSNews By: Brian Honea December 7, 2015 The GSEs have made helping families avoid foreclosure one of their top priorities since the start of the housing crisis, and Fannie Mae just announced an update to support a policy change to assist in that initiative. Fannie Mae announced it has updated its Servicing Management Default Underwriter […]
Watt Insists 3 Percent Down Payment Loans Are Not Riskier Than Those With Lower LTVs
DSNews By: Author: Brian Honea January 27, 2015 Federal Housing Finance Director (FHFA) Mel Watt, testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, which he once sat on as a Democratic U.S. Representative for North Carolina, insisted that mortgage loans with a 3 percent down payment backed by GSEs are no more riskier than those with a […]
