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The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a virtual hearing to examine mortgage relief programs for homeowners during the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses…

The Urban Institute hosted a discussion on government-sponsored enterprises, known as GSEs.This panel focused on the impact of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae on the 2008 housing crisis, as well …

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to consider legislation to protect mortgage borrowers and to reduce risks in the housing market. The ten witnesses included mortgage len…

Experts in housing finance talked about public policy issues relevant to the mortgage market. They discussed the current state of the mortgage servicing market, rules governing home loan len…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray and Federal Housing Finance Agency Head Edward DeMarco each outlined key polices of their respective agencies. Mr Cordray talked…

Edward DeMarco testified on his oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He said more direction was needed for the two government-sponsored enterprises. Mr. DeMarco’s opening statement was i…

Ed DeMarco talked about reducing loan amounts for some homeowners. In his remarks he said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could see benefits from principal reductions; however, he also said …

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s performance as a conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac si…

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac chief executive officers and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency testified on executive bonuses at the mortgage companies. They defended executive b…

Edward DeMarco testified about the operations and regulatory practices at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Among the topics addressed were different structures of Fannie Mae and Fr…

Edward DeMarco testified about purposed changes to the secondary mortgage market and proposed legislation establishing a new market that would replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Among the i…

Edward DeMarco talked about recent changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program, the status of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and what Congress can do to address the housing market.

Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was created as a provision of the 2010 financial regulations law, talked about what had happened since the law’s enactment …

The top regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said that several House Republican bills to reform government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) were “unnecessary and counterproductive". Edward D…

Experts from the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac testified on the mortgage crisis focusing on shady lending and foreclosure practices and robo-sign…

Experts from the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board, and financial institutions testified on the mortgage crisis focusing on questionable lending and foreclosure practices and ways t…

Witnesses testified on the primary causes of financial losses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the progress in improving management at the agencies during the preceding two years.

At its first meeting, the Financial Stability Oversight Council moved forward with a measure that would restrict banks from certain kinds of high-risk trading and rules meant to make financi…

Special Master Kenneth Feinberg and others testified about financial compensation and executive pay at financial institutions. In his testimony, Mr. Feinberg outlined his difficulties negoti…

Witnesses testified about the financial stability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying the outlook was troubled for the enterprises due to a weak economy, high unemployment, and uncertainty…