On February 29, FHFA announced updates related to the implementation of new credit score requirements for single-family loans acquired by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (GSEs). As previously covered by InfoBytes, FHFA released a...more
Stemming from the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) 2019 validation and approval of credit score models final rule, the FHFA announced in October 2022 that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored...more
On May 1, 2023, new loan-level price adjustments (“LLPAs”) for single-family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the “agencies”) went into effect. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) – the independent...more
On March 23, FHFA announced a two-phase plan for soliciting stakeholder input on the agency’s proposed process for implementing updated credit score requirements....more
On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a proposed rule to amend the Enterprise Regulatory Capital Framework (ERCF) for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). FHFA indicated that the...more
On August 16, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) issued a final rule on validation and approval of third-party credit score models (“Final Rule”) that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (“GSEs”) use in deciding whether to...more