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GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge

GSEs boost foreclosure prevention as forbearances surge

Foreclosure prevention activity increased in October as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 17,000 actions to help struggling homeowners, according to a Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) report released Thursday. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) completed 17,032 foreclosure prevention actions in October 2025, bringing the total to nearly 7.3 million since the start of […]

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Fired Fannie Mae workers sue over discrimination

Dozens of former Fannie Mae employees filed a lawsuit this week, alleging discrimination after being abruptly fired in April over donations made through the government-sponsored enterprise’s charitable program.  The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims that on April 2, more than 80 employees received an email from

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MBA, FHFA explore single credit report for mortgages

While the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) under President Joe Biden proposed a transition from a tri-merge to a bi-merge credit report system, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is now assessing the feasibility of moving to a single credit report for mortgage underwriting. Bob Broeksmit, president and CEO of the MBA, wrote in a blog

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