Print this page

Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 32 seconds

FHFA’s Calabria Hits Back at Congress Over Refinance Fee

In congressional testimony, Federal Housing Finance Agency director Mark Calabria defended Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s new 0.5% adverse market fee on certain refinances. So reports Seeking Alpha.

!--more-->“The losses this fee covers are the result of policies that have helped millions of Americans stay safe in their homes during a global pandemic,” Calabria told the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services. “Although Congress has not provided any funding to offset the costs of these policies, the Enterprises’ congressional charters require that expenses must be recovered via income.”

The fee’s start date was previously postponed from September 1 to December 1.

Read the full article from Seeking Alpha

Read 1693 times
Rate this item
(0 votes)