In her first major speech as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) today highlighted the priority issues she will focus on in her new role.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued its assessment of the ability-to-repay/Qualified Mortgage rule, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.

With the government shutdown entering its third week, mortgage lending and servicing operations are being affected.

The rapid pace of change will continue in 2019, ABA policy staff project.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today issued the metrics on which it will assess the 2019 performance of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and their jointly owned securitization platform, which will be implemented for the “Single Security” to be issued by both GSEs in the second quarter of 2019.

As directed by regulatory reform law S. 2155, the Federal Housing Finance Agency today issued a proposed rule to establish new requirements for the validation and approval of credit score models by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today said that it will raise the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac purchase in 2019 from $453,100 to $484,350.

In a comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Friday, the American Bankers Association offered feedback on a proposal that would create a new framework for risk-based capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ensure that the GSEs could cover losses and continue operations in the event of stress.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency today issued an update on the common securitization platform it is developing to issue the Single Security, a mortgage-backed security to be issued by both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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.