The FDIC released guidance today with steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of West Virginia and Maine affected by severe storms and flooding. The agency encouraged banks in affected areas to work constructively with borrowers experiencing difficulties due to the severe weather, including extending repayment terms, restructuring existing loans or easing terms for new loans. The agency also said it would consider relief from certain filing and publishing requirements.
Agencies eliminate PSPA restrictions on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac conservatorships
FHFA and Treasury Department will delete provisions in the preferred stock purchase agreements governing the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that were previously suspended after multiple groups raised concerns about their effects on housing markets.