The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today that it will maintain Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s caps for multifamily lending at the current level of $35 billion for each GSE.

Since the Federal Housing Finance Agency launched a credit risk transfer program for GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013, the enterprises have transferred $81 billion in credit risk to private investors, amounting to about 3.2 percent of $2.5 trillion in unpaid principal balance, the FHFA said today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today proposed several changes to the housing goals for the Federal Home Loan Banks.

In a comment letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today, ABA joined several finance and advocacy groups calling on the bureau to quickly initiate a rulemaking to further regulate Property Assessed Clean Energy loans, as directed by S. 2155.

Housing GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, today launched Mortgage Translations, an online clearinghouse of more than 220 mortgage resources translated into Spanish.

Creating sustainable homeownership and advancing neighborhood recovery.

The Federal Home Loan Banks awarded approximately $398.7 million in affordable housing program funds in 2017, an 8 percent increase from the year prior, according to a report released today by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The Federal Housing Administration released guidance to issuers of FHA-insured reverse mortgages today stating that the agency may require a second appraisal when a risk assessment does not support the figure reached by the first appraisal.

In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, the American Bankers Association joined several financial and real estate trade organizations in calling for amendments to the loan originator compensation rule that would ensure greater consumer protection while reducing regulatory burden on lenders.

On a bonus episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, ABA VP Krista Shonk outlines the process for modernizing Community Reinvestment Act regulations and how bankers can get involved