News Topic: Housing finance reform

Several new members of the House Financial Services Committee with backgrounds in housing could use their experience to address Chairman Maxine Waters' top agenda items. ... Read full article

The Milken Institute's plan to address the housing finance system proposes a number of measures that could be carried out by regulators, after years of stalled legislative attempts. ... Read full article

The White House has officially nominated Mark Calabria as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. ... Read full article

After 10 years of conservatorship, the new year could finally usher in big steps toward housing finance reform. ... Read full article

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine the outgoing committee chairman's bipartisan GSE reform bill, but lawmakers were already looking ahead. ... Read full article

Reps. Lacy Clay and Emanuel Cleaver, both from Missouri, have shown interest in running the panel that could be a focal point in efforts to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ... Read full article

The Democrat, who will likely head the Financial Services Committee, has signaled she'll make expanded housing opportunities for lower-income consumers a top priority. ... Read full article

The end of one-party rule in Washington could move the needle on efforts to devise a new housing finance framework. ... Read full article

The Trump administration should consider putting much of the subsidized mortgage lending done by the federal government under the government-sponsored enterprises to improve efficiency and transparency. ... Read full article

The revised blueprint by Moelis & Co. LLC incorporates a pending regulatory capital plan for the mortgage giants. ... Read full article

The presumptive chair of the Financial Services Committee resumed her tough criticism of the administration, but also committed to "hearing a range of views" if handed the gavel. ... Read full article

The housing finance agency, which is increasingly at the forefront of reform discussions, has been without a permanent chief for almost two years. ... Read full article

Donald Layton, who has run the mortgage giant since 2012, discussed the busy agenda leading up to his departure and says Freddie can serve as a "technical adviser" in GSE reform talks. ... Read full article

The legislative highlights of his career as House Financial Services Committee chairman were bills too extreme to become law. But the retiring lawmaker says they were still worth pursuing. ... Read full article

The Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a proposal Wednesday that would require mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to align their policies on cash flows for current mortgage-backed securities, and eventually for a uniform security when it is ... Read full article

Housing finance reform is still likely years away, but a growing chorus of lawmakers say the government guarantor has the ability to clear the path to a final plan. ... Read full article

The proposal by Reps. Jeb Hensarling and John Delaney is a sign that a bipartisan consensus is building on how to move on from Fannie and Freddie. ... Read full article

The departing House Financial Services chair unveiled a bill with Democrat John Delaney to repeal Fannie and Freddie's charters and establish Ginnie Mae as a backstop. ... Read full article