Government Entities

  • How Low Can It Go? Interest Rates on GSE Debt Plummet

    Interest rates from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have fallen 50 basis points in August alone, reaching the mid-4 percent range on 10-year deals.

     
  • Fannie, Freddie Blacklist PACE Program

    The future hangs in the balance for the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program—one of the country’s most powerful financing mechanisms for residential energy-efficient improvements.

     
  • Affordable Housing is Coming to Freddie's CME Program

    Freddie Mac is transitioning its Targeted Affordable Housing program so that it can offer borrowers the option of using the Capital Markets Execution, which means lower rates on some affordable housing deals.

     
  • Sizing Up the FHA's Recent and Proposed Changes

    Some of the FHA's multifamily programs haven't seen changes in more than 40 years. So, in announcing new leverage and debt service levels, the FHA took the opportunity to enact a slew of other changes, and propose a few more.

     
  • New Requirements May Mean Longer Wait for FHA Loans

    The FHA recently unveiled sweeping changes to its multifamily program, tweaking the underwriting standards on new construction and refinancing deals, while unveiling a slew of risk-management initiatives that may expand its already long transaction timeline.

     
 

Legislation

Housing Policy