Former President Donald Trump Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders hoping to be made whole in Collins v. Yellen have a new champion: former President Donald Trump. In a Nov. 11 letter sent to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, Trump wrote that, had he been able, he would have given former Federal Housing Finance Agency…Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency revealed the much-anticipated conforming loan limits for 2022, with the baseline number jumping by 18% to $647,200. It’s the largest-ever annual increase in the size of loans eligible to be bought by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The figure, which is determined by a formula set by Congress,…Continue Reading
Fannie Mae is once again back in the credit-risk transfer market with a $984 million note offering through its Connecticut Avenue Securities real estate mortgage investment conduit, or REMIC. The recent offering, CAS Series 2021-R02, was slated to close this week and involves transferring loan-portfolio risk to private investors via a $984 million note offering…Continue Reading
USA ranked #1 in technology and #4 overall in global ‘Network Readiness Index’Washington DC, 2 December 2021 – America’s digital economy has been ranked as the fourth-best in the world in a major new study – and number one in technology. These high rankings – a significant improvement compared to the same study a year…Continue Reading
UK ranked 10th overall in new Network Readiness Index (NRI) report by Portulans InstituteLondon, UK, 2 December 2021 – The UK has been named as one of the top ten ‘network-ready’ countries in the Global Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2021. This ranking reflects how the use of technology in the country is positively contributing to…Continue Reading
Latest Network Readiness Index ranks world’s most ‘network ready’ markets Washington DC, 2 December 2021 – The latest results and rankings of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) were released today by the Portulans Institute, revealing how countries around the world are leveraging information technologies to emerge from the COVID pandemic and become ‘network ready’. This…Continue Reading
Forsta Recognised for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute New York, NY, Oslo, Norway and London, UK – Dec 02, 2021 – Forsta, the leading Customer Experience and Research Technology company, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Voice of the Customer[1]. The evaluation…Continue Reading
A new poll that found that President Joe Biden’s approval rating is falling has also found that more than half of Americans blame Biden for the division among the country.According to a poll from the Trafalgar Group, 54.2 percent of likely general election voters believed Biden is responsible “for the divisions in the American people.”The survey…Continue Reading
Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Kirk Franklin has produced the first-ever gospel Christmas film. It comes out this weekend.The movie, Kirk Franklin’s a Gospel Christmas, will premiere on Lifetime this Saturday at 7 pm CST. It stars Demetria McKinney, Chaz Lamar Shepherd and Jen Harper.”The film will show how much gospel music can live and survive…Continue Reading
One of the world’s most prominent atheists has sided with Christians and traditionalists in the debate over gender by asking his followers to sign a document that declares the “meaning of the word ‘woman'” should not “be changed to include men.”Richard Dawkins, a well-known atheist and biologist and the author of The God Delusion, tweeted…Continue Reading