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September 2017

1

A MONTHLY CHARTBOOK

HOUSING FINANCE POLICY CENTER

HOUSING FINANCEAT A GLANCE

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ABOUT THE CHARTBOOK

The Housing Finance Policy Center’s (HFPC) mission is to produce analyses and ideas that promote sound public policy, efficient markets, and access to economic opportunity in the area of housing finance. At A Glance, a monthly chartbook and data source for policymakers, academics, journalists, and others interested in the government’s role in mortgage markets, is at the heart of this mission.

We welcome feedback from our readers on how we can make At A Glance a more useful publication. Please email any comments or questions to [email protected].

To receive regular updates from the Housing Finance Policy Center, please visit here to sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter.

HOUSING FINANCE POLICY CENTER STAFF

Laurie GoodmanCenter Co-Director

Alanna McCargoCenter Co-Director

Edward GoldingSenior Fellow

Jim ParrottSenior Fellow

Sheryl PardoAssociate Director of Communications

Todd Hill Policy & Research Program Manager

Jun ZhuSenior Research Associate

Bing BaiResearch Associate I

Karan KaulResearch Associate I

Bhargavi GaneshResearch Assistant

Sarah StrochakResearch Assistant

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CONTENTSOverview

Market Size OverviewValue of the US Residential Housing Market 6Size of the US Residential Mortgage Market 6Private Label Securities 7Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 7

Origination Volume and Composition First Lien Origination Volume & Share 8

Mortgage Origination Product TypeComposition (All Originations & Purchase Originations Only) 9

Securitization Volume and CompositionAgency/Non-Agency Share of Residential MBS Issuance 10Non-Agency MBS Issuance 10Non-Agency Securitization 10

Agency Activity: Volumes and Purchase/Refi CompositionAgency Gross Issuance 11 Percent Refi at Issuance 11

Non-bank Origination ShareNonbank Origination Share: All Loans 12Nonbank Origination Share: Purchase Loans 12Nonbank Origination Share: Refi Loans 12

Non-bank Credit BoxAgency FICO: Bank vs. Nonbank 13GSE FICO: Bank vs. Nonbank 13Ginnie Mae FICO: Bank vs. Nonbank 13GSE LTV: Bank vs. Nonbank 14Ginnie Mae LTV: Bank vs. Nonbank 14GSE DTI: Bank vs. Nonbank 14Ginnie Mae DTI: Bank vs. Nonbank 14

State of the Market

Mortgage Origination ProjectionsTotal Originations and Refinance Shares 15Housing Starts and Home Sales 15

Credit Availability and Originator ProfitabilityHousing Credit Availability Index (HCAI) 16Originator Profitability and Unmeasured Costs (OPUC) 16

Credit Availability for Purchase LoansBorrower FICO Score at Origination Month 17Combined LTV at Origination Month 17Origination FICO and LTV by MSA 18

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CONTENTS

Housing Affordability National Housing Affordability Over Time 19Affordability Adjusted for MSA-Level DTI 19

First-Time HomebuyersFirst-Time Homebuyer Share 20Comparison of First-time and Repeat Homebuyers, GSE and FHA Originations 20

Home Price IndicesNational Year-Over-Year HPI Growth 21Changes in CoreLogic HPI for Top MSAs 21

Negative Equity & Serious DelinquencyNegative Equity Share 22Loans in Serious Delinquency 22

Modifications and LiquidationsLoan Modifications and Liquidations (By Year & Cumulative) 23

GSEs under Conservatorship

GSE Portfolio Wind-DownFannie Mae Mortgage-Related Investment Portfolio 24Freddie Mac Mortgage-Related Investment Portfolio 24

Effective Guarantee Fees & GSE Risk-Sharing Transactions Effective Guarantee Fees 25Fannie Mae Upfront Loan-Level Price Adjustment 25GSE Risk-Sharing Transactions and Spreads 26-27

Serious Delinquency RatesSerious Delinquency Rates – Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac 28Serious Delinquency Rates – Single-Family Loans & Multifamily GSE Loans 29

Agency Issuance

Agency Gross and Net IssuanceAgency Gross Issuance 30Agency Net Issuance 30

Agency Gross Issuance & Fed PurchasesMonthly Gross Issuance 31Fed Absorption of Agency Gross Issuance 31

Mortgage Insurance ActivityMI Activity & Market Share 32FHA MI Premiums for Typical Purchase Loan 33Initial Monthly Payment Comparison: FHA vs. PMI 33

Related HFPC Work

Publications and Events 34

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INTRODUCTIONWhat can recent hurricanes tell us about GSE credit risk transfer?

The GSEs’ capital markets risk transfer programs that began in 2013 have proven to be very successful in bringing in private capital, reducing the government’s role in the mortgage market and reducing taxpayer risk. Investor demand for Fannie Mae’s CAS and Freddie Mac’s STACR securities overall has been robust, in large part because of an improving economy and extremely low delinquency rates for loans underlying these securities.

Enter hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. These three storms have inflicted substantial damage to homes in the affected areas. Many of these homes have mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and many of these mortgages in turn are in the reference pools of mortgages underlying CAS and STACR securities. It is too early to know what the eventual losses might look like – that will depend on the extent of the damage, insurance coverage (including flood insurance), and the degree to which loss mitigation will succeed in minimizing borrower defaults and foreclosures.

Depending on how all of these factors eventually play out, investors in the riskiest tranches of CAS and STACR securities could witness marginally higher than expected losses. Up until Harvey, CRT markets had not experienced a real shock that threatened to affect the credit performance of underlying mortgages (except after Brexit, whose impact on the US mortgage market proved to be minimal). The arrival of these storms therefore in some ways is the first real test of the resiliency of credit risk transfer market.

It is also the first test for the GSEs in balancing the needs of borrowers with those of CRT investors. In some of the earlier fixed severity deals, investor losses were triggered when a loan went 180 days delinquent (i.e. experienced a credit event). Hence, forbearance of more than six months could trigger a credit event. Fannie Mae put out a press release that it would wait 20 months from the point at which disaster relief was granted before evaluating whether a loan in a CAS deal experienced a credit event. While

most of Freddie’s STACR deals had language that dealt with this issue, a few of the very early deals did not; no changes were made to these deals. Both Freddie Mac

and Fannie Mae have provided investors with an

exposure assessment of the volume of affected loans in order to allow them to better estimate their risk exposure.

So how has the market responded so far? In the immediate aftermath of the first storm, spreads on CRT bonds generally widened by about 40 basis points, meaning investors demanded a higher rate of return. But thereafter, spreads have tightened by about 20 basis points, suggesting that many investors saw this as a good buying opportunity. This is precisely how capital markets are intended to work. If spreads had continued to widen substantially, that would have signaled a breakdown in investor confidence in future performance of these securities. The fact that that did not happen is an encouraging sign for the continued evolution of the credit risk transfer market.

To be clear, it is still very early to reasonably estimate what eventual investor losses will look like. As the process of damage assessment continues and more robust loss estimates come in, one can expect CAS/STACR pricing to fluctuate. But early pricing strongly indicates that investors’ underlying belief in these securities is largely intact. This matters because it tells the GSEs that the CRT market is resilient enough to withstand shocks and gives them confidence to further expand these offerings.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

• The total value of the US Housing Market continued to rise in Q2 2017 (Page 6).

• First lien originations in first half of 2017 was down 6 percent year-over-year (Page 8).

• Agency refinance rates stabilized in August 2017, after the prolonged decline since the election day (page 11).

• The share of homeowners in negative equity continued to decline; it stands at 5.4% in Q2 of 2017 (page 22).

• Fannie Mae is now below the long run portfolio cap of $250 billion; the GSEs are each required to be below that level by year-end 2018 (Page 24).

• Agency net issuance is up 44.3 percent year-over-year for the first eight months of 2017, coming off a robust net issuance year in 2016 (Page 30).

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MARKET SIZE OVERVIEWThe Federal Reserve's Flow of Funds report has consistently indicated an increasing total value of the housing market driven by growing household equity since 2012, and 2017 Q2 was no different. While total debt and mortgages was stable at $10.4 trillion, household equity reached a new high of $14.7 trillion, bringing the total value of the housing market to $25.1 trillion, surpassing the pre-crisis peak of $23.9 trillion in 2006. Agency MBS make up 59.6 percent of the total mortgage market, private-label securities make up 4.7 percent, and unsecuritized first liens at the GSEs, commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions make up 30.1 percent. Second liens comprise the remaining 5.6 percent of the total.

OVERVIEW

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Sources: Federal Reserve Flow of Funds, Inside Mortgage Finance, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, eMBS and Urban Institute. Last updated June 2017. Note: Unsecuritized first liens includes loans held by commercial banks, GSEs, savings institutions, and credit unions.

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MARKET SIZE OVERVIEWOVERVIEW

As of July 2017, debt in the private-label securitization market totaled $520 billion and was split among prime (18.2 percent), Alt-A (39.1 percent), and subprime (42.6 percent) loans. In August 2017, outstanding securities in the agency market totaled $6.27 trillion and were 44.0 percent Fannie Mae, 27.3 percent Freddie Mac, and 28.7 percent Ginnie Mae. Ginnie Mae had more outstanding securities than Freddie Mac since May 2016.

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OVERVIEW

ORIGINATION VOLUMEAND COMPOSITION

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Sources: Inside Mortgage Finance and Urban Institute. Last updated September 2017.

After a record high origination year in 2016 ($2.1 trillion), the first lien originations totaled $840 billion in the first halfof 2017, down 6 percent from the same period last year, mostly due to the elevated interest rates. The share of portfolio originations was 28 percent, down slightly from 30 percent in 2016. The GSE share stayed at about 46 percent. The FHA/VA share was slightly up: 25 percent for the first half of 2017 versus 24 percent in 2016. Origination of private-label securities was well under 1 percent in both periods.

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MORTGAGE ORIGINATION PRODUCT TYPEAdjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) accounted for as much as 42 percent of all new originations during the peak of

the 2005 housing bubble (top chart). The ARMs fell to an historic low of 1 percent in 2009, and then slowly grew to a high of 6 percent in April 2014. Since then, ARMs began to decline again to 3.3 percent in June 2017. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM), predominantly a refinance product, accounted for 14.3 percent of new originations. If we exclude refinances (bottom chart), the share of 30-year FRMs in June 2017 stood at 89.5 percent, 15-year FRMs at 6.1 percent, and ARMs at 3.0 percent.

OVERVIEW

MORTGAGE ORIGINATION PRODUCT TYPE

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Sources: Corelogic, eMBS, HMDA, SIFMA and Urban Institute.

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Sources: Corelogic, eMBS, HMDA, SIFMA and Urban Institute. June 2017

June 2017

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SECURITIZATION VOLUME AND COMPOSITION

OVERVIEW

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The non-agency share of mortgage securitizations in the eight months of 2017 was 2.8 percent, compared to 1.8 percent in 2016 and 4.5 percent in 2015. The non-agency securitization volume totaled $28.8 billion in H1 2017, a 32 percent increase over the same period in 2016. Much of the volume was in non-performing and re-performing (scratch and dent) deals. The volume of prime securitizations in H1 2017 totaled $4.48 billion, higher than H1 2016 ($3.68 billion). Non-agency securitizations continue to be tiny compared to pre-crisis levels.

Sources: Inside Mortgage Finance and Urban Institute.Note: Based on data from August 2017.

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AGENCY ACTIVITY: VOLUMES AND PURCHASE/REFI COMPOSITION

Agency issuance totaled $871.5 billion in the first eight months of 2017, slightly down from $891.8 billion a year ago. Refinances have declined sharply since the election day in late 2016, but have begun to stabilize in August 2017, and now stand at 34, 37 and 25 percent of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae’s businesses, respectively, as mortgage rates moved lower from the post-election high levels.

OVERVIEW

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Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute.Note: Based on at-issuance balance. Figure based on data from August 2017

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Nonbank Origination Share: Purchase Loans

Though nonbank origination share has increased for all three agencies since 2013, the percentage stayed steady month-over-month. This month, Freddie and Fannie had nonbank originator shares between 53-54 percent, while Ginnie Mae’s nonbank share was at 76 percent. Nonbank originator share is higher for refinance than for purchases across all three agencies.

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Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute. Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute.

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NONBANK CREDIT BOX

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Nonbank originators have played a key role in opening up access to credit. The median GSE and the median Ginnie Mae FICO scores for loans originated by nonbanks are lower than their bank counterparts. Within the GSE space, both bank and nonbank FICOs have declined since 2014 with further relaxation in FICOs in 2017. In contrast within the Ginnie Mae space, FICO scores for bank originations have increased since 2014 while nonbank FICO has declined. This largely reflects the sharp cut-back in FHA lending by many banks.

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Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute. Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute.

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NONBANK CREDIT BOX

Ginnie Mae LTV: Bank vs. Nonbank

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The median LTV ratios for loans originated by nonbanks are similar to their bank counterparts, while the median DTIs for nonbank loans are higher, indicating the nonbanks are more accommodating in this dimension as well as in the FICO dimension. Note that in 2017 there has been a measurable increase in DTIs. This is true for both Ginnie Mae and GSE loans, banks and nonbank originators.

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STATE OF THE MARKET

MORTGAGE ORIGINATION PROJECTIONS

Origination volume for calendar year 2016 was close to $2.0 trillion. In 2017, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and MBA expect origination volume to be in the $1.55-$1.65 trillion range, owing to a sharp decline in refinance activity due to rising interest rates. In 2017, the share of refinances is expected to be in the 33-34 percent range, representing a drop from the 48 percent refi share in 2016. Fannie, Freddie, and MBA all forecast 2017 housing starts to total 1.21 to 1.24 million units, an increase from 2016. Home sales forecasts for 2017 range from 6.20-6.28 million, a rise from 2016 levels.

Total Originations and Refinance Shares

Housing Starts and Homes Sales

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estimate2017 Q1 393 397 361 48 42 412017 Q2 454 490 463 33 26 322017 Q3 453 500 455 32 32 302017 Q4 366 413 348 28 32 312018 Q1 312 324 345 33 30 302018 Q2 432 482 445 24 25 242018 Q3 435 487 443 23 24 232018 Q4 390 402 355 26 23 28FY 2014 1301 1350 1261 40 39 40FY 2015 1730 1750 1679 47 45 46FY 2016 2052 2125 1891 48 48 48FY 2017 1649 1545 1612 34 33 33FY 2018 1541 1500 1588 25 25 26

Sources: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Bankers Association and Urban Institute.Note: Shaded boxes indicate forecasted figures. All figures are estimates for total single-family market. Column labels indicate source of estimate. Regarding interest rates, the yearly averages for 2014, 2015, and 2016 were 3.6%, 3.7%, and 3.6%. For 2017, the respective projections for Fannie, Freddie, and MBA are 4.1%, 4.2%, and 4.2%.

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Sources: Mortgage Bankers Association, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.Note: Shaded boxes indicate forecasted figures. All figures are estimates for total single-family market; column labels indicate source of estimate.

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CREDIT AVAILABILITY AND ORIGINATOR PROFITABILITY

STATE OF THE MARKET

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Originator Profitability and Unmeasured CostsWhen originator profits are higher, mortgage volumes are less responsive to changes in interest rates, because originators are at capacity. Originator Profitability and Unmeasured Costs (OPUC), formulated and calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is a good relative measure of originator profitability. OPUC uses the sales price of the mortgage in the secondary market (less par) and adds two additional sources of profitability; retained servicing (both base and excess servicing, net of g-fees) and points paid by the borrower. Driven by the post-Brexit decline in interest rates, OPUC rose sharply to $3.21 in July 2016. With the post-election high interest rates, OPUC now stands at $2.34.

Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, updated monthly and available at this link: http://www.ny.frb.org/research/epr/2013/1113fust.html and Urban Institute. Note: OPUC is a is a monthly (4-week moving) average as discussed in Fuster et al. (2013).

Sources: eMBS, Corelogic, HMDA, IMF, and Urban Institute.Note: Default is defined as 90 days or more delinquent at any point. Last updated July 2017.

HFPC’s Housing Credit Availability Index (HCAI) assesses lenders’ tolerance for both borrower risk and product risk, calculating the share of owner-occupied purchase loans that are likely to default. The index shows that credit availability increased slightly to 5.4 in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1 2017), up from 5.2 in Q4 2016 and the highest level since 2016. The measure is less than half of the 2001-2003 standard of 12.5 percent. HCAI is likely to go up further with the post-election spike in interest rates, as lender may expand the credit box when origination volumes drop. More information about the HCAI, including the breakdown by market segment, is available here.

Housing Credit Availability Index (HCAI)

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CREDIT AVAILABILITY FORAccess to credit has become extremely tight, especially for borrowers with low FICO scores. The mean and median FICO scores on new purchase originations have both drifted up about 21 and 20 points over the last decade, respectively. The 10th percentile of FICO scores, which represents the lower bound of creditworthiness needed to qualify for a mortgage, stood at 648 as of June 2017. Prior to the housing crisis, this threshold held steady in the low 600s. LTV levels at origination remain relatively high, averaging 87.2, which reflects the large number of FHA purchase originations.

CREDIT AVAILABILITY FOR PURCHASE LOANS

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Sources: Corelogic, eMBS, HMDA, SIFMA and Urban Institute.Note: Includes owner-occupied purchase loans only.

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Sources: Corelogic, eMBS, HMDA, SIFMA and Urban Institute.Note: Includes owner-occupied purchase loans only.

June 2017

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CREDIT AVAILABILITY FORCREDIT AVAILABILITY FOR PURCHASE LOANS

STATE OF THE MARKET

Credit has been tight for all borrowers with less-than-stellar credit scores--especially in MSAs with high housing prices. For example, the mean origination FICO for borrowers in San Francisco- Redwood City- South San Francisco, CA is 771, while in Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL it is 734. Across all MSAs, lower average FICO scores tend to be correlated with high average LTVs, as these MSAs rely heavily on FHA/VA financing..

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Sources: Corelogic, eMBS, HMDA, SIFMA and Urban Institute.Note: Includes owner-occupied purchase loans only. Data as of June 2017.

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HOUSING AFFORDABILITYSTATE OF THE MARKET

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Home prices are still very affordable by historic standards, despite increases over the last four years and the recent interest rate hikes. Even if interest rates rise to 5.5 percent, affordability would still be at the long term historical average. The bottom chart shows that some areas are much more affordable than others.

Sources: CoreLogic, US Census, Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.Note: The maximum affordable price is the house price that a family can afford putting 20 percent down, with a monthly payment of 28 percent of median family income, at the Freddie Mac prevailing rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, and property tax and insurance at 1.75 percent of housing value.

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FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERSSTATE OF THE MARKET

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First-Time Homebuyer Share

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In June 2017, the first-time homebuyer share of GSE purchase loans fell for the second consecutive month to 45.8 percent, after hitting the highest level in recent history in April (48.1 percent). The FHA has always been more focused on first-time homebuyers, with its first-time homebuyer share hovering around 80 percent and stood at 82.7 percent in June 2017. The bottom table shows that based on mortgages originated in June 2016, the average first-time homebuyer was more likely than an average repeat buyer to take out a smaller loan and have a lower credit score and higher LTV and DTI, thus requiring a higher interest rate.

Sources: eMBS, Federal Housing Administration (FHA ) and Urban Institute.Note: All series measure the first-time homebuyer share of purchase loans for principal residences.

Comparison of First-Time and Repeat Homebuyers, GSE and FHA Originations

GSEs FHA GSEs and FHA

Characteristics First-time Repeat First-time Repeat First-time Repeat

Loan Amount ($) 230,311 256,609 200,840 226,085 217,273 251,408

Credit Score 740.5 756.0 676.8 684.2 712.4 743.8

LTV (%) 86.8 78.9 95.6 94.1 90.7 81.5

DTI (%) 34.1 34.8 42.0 43.1 37.6 36.2

Loan Rate (%) 4.22 4.10 4.19 4.11 4.21 4.10

Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute.Note: Based on owner-occupied purchase mortgages originated in June 2017.

June 2017

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MSA HPI changes (%) % Rise needed

to achieve peak2000 to peak

Peak totrough

Trough to current

United States 93.7 -33.3 49.1 0.5New York-Jersey City-White Plains NY-NJ 112.0 -16.7 30.4 -8.0Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA 177.2 -38.4 68.1 -3.4Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights IL 66.0 -35.7 36.3 14.2Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA 38.0 -32.9 59.7 -6.7Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV 155.3 -34.2 37.6 10.4Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land TX 39.7 -14.0 46.2 -20.4Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ 123.7 -52.7 72.9 22.2Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA 186.1 -52.7 71.1 23.5Dallas-Plano-Irving TX 34.3 -13.8 57.2 -26.3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI 73.0 -30.4 44.6 -0.6Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA 90.9 -29.1 80.9 -22.1Denver-Aurora-Lakewood CO 35.6 -13.2 73.5 -33.6Baltimore-Columbia-Towson MD 122.8 -24.6 16.4 13.9San Diego-Carlsbad CA 145.0 -37.5 60.5 -0.2Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine CA 160.7 -35.7 53.8 1.2

Sources: CoreLogic HPIs and Urban Institute. Data as of July 2017.Note: This table includes the largest 15 Metropolitan areas by mortgage count.

Changes in CoreLogic HPI for Top MSAsAfter rising 49.1 percent from the trough, national house prices only need to grow 0.5 percent to reach pre-crisis peak levels. At the MSA level, Nine of the top 15 MSAs have reached their peak HPI– New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Seattle, WA; Denver, CO and San Diego, CA. Two MSAs particularly hard hit by the boom and bust– Phoenix, AZ and Riverside, CA– would need to rise 22 and 23 percent to return to peak levels, respectively.

HOME PRICE INDICESSTATE OF THE MARKET

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Sources: CoreLogic, Zillow, and Urban Institute.

While the strong year-over-year home price growth from 2012 to 2013 has slowed somewhat, home price appreciation remains robust as measured by the repeat sales index from CoreLogic and hedonic index from Zillow. We will continue to closely monitor how rising mortgage rates impact this strong growth.

July 2017

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STATE OF THE MARKET

NEGATIVE EQUITY & SERIOUS DELINQUENCY

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90 day delinquencies continued their decline from 1.37 to 1.2 percent in Q2 2017. The percent of loans in foreclosure continued to edge down to 1.29 percent. The combined delinquencies totaled 2.49 percent in Q2 2017, down from 2.76 percent in Q1 2017 and 3.11 percent for the same quarter a year earlier.

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Sources: CoreLogic and Urban Institute.Note: CoreLogic negative equity rate is the percent of all residential properties with a mortgage in negative equity. Loans with negative equity refer to loans above 100 percent LTV. Loans near negative equity refer to loans above 95 percent LTV. Last updated September 2017.

With housing prices continuing to appreciate, residential properties in negative equity (LTV greater than 100) as the share of all residential properties with a mortgage continued to decline and stood at 5.4 percent as of Q2 2017. Residential properties in near negative equity (LTV between 95 and 100) comprise another 1.4 percent..

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MODIFICATIONS AND LIQUIDATIONS

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STATE OF THE MARKET

Total modifications (HAMP and proprietary) are now roughly equal to total liquidations. Hope Now reports show 8,242,918 borrowers have received a modification since Q3 2007, compared with 8,422,434 liquidations in the same period. Modifications and liquidations have slowed significantly over the past few years. In the first five months of 2017, there were just 142,640 modifications and 132,3692 liquidations.

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2007 (Q3-Q4) 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

HAMP mods

Proprietary mods

Liquidations

Number of loans (millions)

Cumulative Modifications and Liquidations

Sources: Hope Now and Urban Institute.Note: Liquidations includes both foreclosure sales and short sales.

May 2017

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Both GSEs continue to contract their portfolios. Since July 2016, Fannie Mae has contracted by 20.5 percent and Freddie Mac by 13.3 percent. They are shrinking their less liquid assets (mortgage loans and non-agency MBS) faster than they are shrinking their entire portfolio. As of July 2017, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are below their year-end 2017 portfolio cap. Fannie Mae is now below the long run portfolio cap of $250 billion that each GSE is required to reach by year-end 2018.

GSE PORTFOLIO WIND-DOWNGSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

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FHLMC MBS in portfolio Non-FHLMC agency MBS Non-agency MBS Mortgage loans

Sources: Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.

Freddie Mac Mortgage-Related Investment Portfolio Composition

Current size:$276.835 billion2017 cap: $288.408 billionShrinkage year-over-year: 13.3%Shrinkage in less-liquid assets year-over-year: 17.3%

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Sources: Fannie Mae and Urban Institute.

Fannie Mae Mortgage-Related Investment Portfolio Composition

Current size: $245.693 billion2017 cap: $288.408 billionShrinkage year-over-year: 20.5%Shrinkage in less-liquid assets year-over-year: 21.4%

July 2017

July 2017

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GSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

EFFECTIVE GUARANTEE FEES

Fannie Mae Upfront Loan-Level Price Adjustments (LLPAs)

LTV

Credit Score ≤60 60.01 – 70 70.01 – 75 75.01 – 80 80.01 – 85 85.01 – 90 90.01 – 95 95.01 – 97

> 740 0.00% 0.25% 0.25% 0.50% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% 0.75%

720 – 739 0.00% 0.25% 0.50% 0.75% 0.50% 0.50% 0.50% 1.00%

700 – 719 0.00% 0.50% 1.00% 1.25% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.50%

680 – 699 0.00% 0.50% 1.25% 1.75% 1.50% 1.25% 1.25% 1.50%

660 – 679 0.00% 1.00% 2.25% 2.75% 2.75% 2.25% 2.25% 2.25%

640 – 659 0.50% 1.25% 2.75% 3.00% 3.25% 3.75% 2.75% 2.75%

620 – 639 0.50% 1.50% 3.00% 3.00% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.50%

< 620 0.50% 1.50% 3.00% 3.00% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.75%

Product Feature (Cumulative)

High LTV 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Investment Property 2.125% 2.125% 2.125% 3.375% 4.125% N/A N/A N/A

Sources: Fannie Mae and Urban Institute.Note: For whole loans purchased on or after September 1, 2015, or loans delivered into MBS pools with issue dates on or after September 1, 2015.

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Guarantee Fees Charged on New AcquisitionsFannie Mae single-family average charged g-fee on new acquisitions

Freddie Mac single-family guarantee fees charged on new acquisitions

Basis points

Sources: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mae and Urban Institute. Last updated August 2017.

The latest 10-K indicates that Fannie’s average g-fees on new acquisitions decreased from 58.7 to 58.0 bps in Q2 2017 and Freddie’s remained flat at 54 bps. This is a marked increase over 2012 and 2011, and has contributed to the GSEs’ profits. The GSE’s latest Loan-Level Pricing Adjustments (LLPAs) were effective in September 2015; the bottom table shows the Fannie Mae LLPAs, which are expressed as upfront charges. Note that the September 2015 changes were very modest, and did not have a material impact on GSE pricing. In particular, the Adverse Market Delivery Charge (ADMC) of 0.25 percent was eliminated, and LLPAs for some borrowers were slightly increased to compensate for the revenue loss.

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26Sources: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.Note: Classes A-H, M-1H, M-2H, and B-H are reference tranches only. These classes are not issued or sold. The risk is retained by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “CE” = credit enhancement.

GSE RISK-SHARING TRANSACTIONSGSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

Fannie Mae – Connecticut Avenue Securities (CAS)Date Transaction Reference Pool Size ($ m) Amount Issued ($m) % of Reference Pool Covered

2013 CAS 2013 deals $26,756 $675 2.5%

2014 CAS 2014 deals $227, 234 $5,849 2.6%

2015 CAS 2015 deals $187,126 $5,463 2.9%

February 2016 CAS 2016 – C01 $28,882 $945 3.3%

March 2016 CAS 2016 – C02 $35,004 $1,032 2.9%

April 2016 CAS 2016 – C03 $36,087 $1,166 3.2%

July 2016 CAS 2016 – C04 $42,179 $1,322 3.1%

August 2016 CAS 2016 - C05 $38,668 $1,202 3.1%

November 2016 CAS 2016 - C06 $33,124 $1,024 3.1%

December 2016 CAS 2016 – C07 $22,515 $702 3.1%

January 2017 CAS 2017 – C01 $43,758 $1,351 3.1%

March 2017 CAS 2017 – C02 $39,988 $1,330 3.3%

May 2017 CAS 2017 – C03 $41,246 $1,371 3.3%

May 2017 CAS 2017 – C04 $30,154 $1,003 3.3%

July 2017 CAS 2017 – C05 $43,751 $1,351 3.1%

August 2017 CAS 2017 – C06 $31,900 $1,101 3.5%

Total $908,372 $26,886 3.0%Percent of Fannie Mae’s Total Book of Business 32.79%

Freddie Mac – Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR) Date Transaction Reference Pool Size ($ m) Amount Issued ($m) % of Reference Pool Covered

2013 STACR 2013 deals $57,912 $1,130 2.0%

2014 STACR 2014 deals $147,120 $4,916 3.3%

2015 STACR 2015 deals $209,521 $6,658 3.2%

January 2016 STACR Series 2016 – DNA1 $35,700 $996 2.8%

March 2016 STACR Series 2016 – HQA1 $17,931 $475 2.6%

May 2016 STACR Series 2016 – DNA2 $30,589 $916 3.0%

May 2016 STACR Series 2016 – HQA2 $18,400 $627 3.4%

June 2016 STACR Series 2016 – DNA3 $26,400 $795 3.0%

September 2016 STACR Series 2016 – HQA3 $15,709 $515 3.3%

September 2016 STACR Series 2016 – DNA4 $24,845 $739 3.0%

October 2016 STACR Series 2016 - HQA4 $13,847 $478 3.5%

January 2017 STACR Series 2017 – DNA1 $33, 965 $802 2.4%

February 2017 STACR Series 2017 – HQA1 $29,700 $753 2.5%

April 2017 STACR Series 2017 – DNA2 $60,716 $1,320 2.2%

June 2017 STACR Series 2017 – HQA2 $31,604 $788 2.5%

Total $769,668 $21,908 2.8%Percent of Freddie Mac’s Total Book of Business 43.73%

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been laying off back-end credit risk through CAS and STACR as well as through reinsurance transactions. They have also done a few front-end transactions with originators and experimented with deep mortgage insurance coverage with private mortgage insurers. FHFA’s 2017 scorecard requires the GSEs to lay off credit risk on 90 percent of newly acquired loans in categories targeted for transfer. Fannie Mae's CAS issuances to date cover 33 percent of its outstanding guarantees, while Freddie's STACR covers 44 percent. In August 2017, Fannie Mae issued a $31.9 billion CAS deal.

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GSE RISK-SHARING SPREADSGSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

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CAS and STACR spreads have moved around considerably since 2013, with the bottom mezzanine tranche and the first loss bonds experiencing considerably more volatility than the top mezzanine bonds. Tranche B in particular has been highly volatile because of its first loss position. Spreads widened especially during Q1 2016 due to falling oil prices, concerns about global economic growth and the slowdown in China. Since then spreads have resumed their downward trend but remain volatile. However, there has been no new deal activity in September. Secondary market spreads, not reflected here, show some widening post Hurricane Harvey and Irma.

Fannie Mae CAS Spreads at-issuance (basis points over 1-month LIBOR)

Freddie Mac STACR Spreads at-issuance (basis points over 1-month LIBOR)

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Tranche 1B

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Tranche B-2

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Tranche M-2

Tranche M-1

Basis points (bps) Basis points (bps)

Tranche 1B-1

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SERIOUS DELINQUENCY RATES AT THE GSEs

Serious delinquency rates of GSE loans continue to decline as the legacy portfolio is resolved and the pristine, post-2009 book of business exhibits very low default rates. As of July 2017, 1.00 percent of the Fannie portfolio and 0.85 percent of the Freddie portfolio were seriously delinquent, down from 1.30 percent for Fannie and 1.08 percent for Freddie in July 2016.

GSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

SERIOUS DELINQUENCY RATES

1.03%1.64%

0.15%0%

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Percentage of total loans

Serious Delinquency Rates–Fannie MaeSingle-family: Non-credit enhanced (including credit risk transfer) Single-family: Credit enhanced (PMI and other)

Single-family: Total Single-Family: Non-credit enhanced (Excluding credit risk transfer)

Credit Risk Transfer

Sources: Fannie Mae and Urban Institute.Note*: Following a change in Fannie reporting in March 2017, we started to report the credit risk transfer category and a new non-credit enhanced category that excludes loans covered by either primary MI or credit risk transfer transactions. Fannie reported these two new categories going back to January 2016.

1.00%

0.85%

1.20%

0.32%0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%9%

10%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Percentage of total loans

Serious Delinquency Rates–Freddie Mac

Sources: Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.Note*: Following a change in Freddie reporting in September 2014, we switched from reporting credit enhanced delinquency rates to PMI and other credit enhanced delinquency rates. Freddie reported these two categories for credit-enhanced loans going back to August 2013. The other category includes single-family loans covered by financial arrangements (other than primary mortgage insurance) including loans in reference pools covered by STACR debt note transactions as well as other forms of credit protection.

July 2017

July 2017

0.91%

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SERIOUS DELINQUENCY RATESGSES UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP

Serious delinquencies for GSE single-family loans continued to decline. After the seasonal uptick in Q4 2016, both FHA and VA delinquencies resumed their decline to 3.78 and 2.03 percent through Q2 2017. GSE delinquencies remain higher relative to 2005-2007, while FHA and VA delinquencies (which are higher than their GSE counterparts) are at levels lower than 2005-2007. GSE multifamily delinquencies have declined to pre-crisis levels, although they did not reach problematic levels even in the worst years of the crisis.

0.04%0.01%0.0%

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Percentage of total loans

Serious Delinquency Rates–Multifamily GSE Loans

Fannie Mae Freddie Mac

Sources: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Urban Institute.Note: Multifamily serious delinquency rate is the unpaid balance of loans 60 days or more past due, divided by the total unpaid balance.

July 2017

1.02%0.85%

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Sources: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, MBA Delinquency Survey and Urban Institute. Note: Serious delinquency is defined as 90 days or more past due or in the foreclosure process. Not seasonally adjusted.

Serious Delinquency Rates–Single-Family Loans

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Agency Gross Issuance Agency Net Issuance

AGENCY GROSS AND NET ISSUANCE

AGENCY ISSUANCE

Issuance Year

GSEs Ginnie Mae Total

2000 $360.6 $102.2 $462.8

2001 $885.1 $171.5 $1,056.6

2002 $1,238.9 $169.0 $1,407.9

2003 $1,874.9 $213.1 $2,088.0

2004 $872.6 $119.2 $991.9

2005 $894.0 $81.4 $975.3

2006 $853.0 $76.7 $929.7

2007 $1,066.2 $94.9 $1,161.1

2008 $911.4 $267.6 $1,179.0

2009 $1,280.0 $451.3 $1,731.3

2010 $1,003.5 $390.7 $1,394.3

2011 $879.3 $315.3 $1,194.7

2012 $1,288.8 $405.0 $1,693.8

2013 $1,176.6 $393.6 $1,570.1

2014 $650.9 $296.3 $947.2

2015 $845.7 $436.3 $1,282.0

2016 $991.59 $508.18 $1,499.77

2017 YTD $568.43 $303.02 $871.45

2017 YTD %Change YOY

-1.6% -3.6% -2.3%

2017 Ann $852.65 $454.53 $1,307.18

Issuance Year

GSEs Ginnie Mae Total

2000 $159.8 $29.3 $189.1

2001 $368.4 -$9.9 $358.5

2002 $357.2 -$51.2 $306.1

2003 $334.9 -$77.6 $257.3

2004 $82.5 -$40.1 $42.4

2005 $174.2 -$42.2 $132.0

2006 $313.6 $0.2 $313.8

2007 $514.9 $30.9 $545.7

2008 $314.8 $196.4 $511.3

2009 $250.6 $257.4 $508.0

2010 -$303.2 $198.3 -$105.0

2011 -$128.4 $149.6 $21.2

2012 -$42.4 $119.1 $76.8

2013 $69.1 $87.9 $157.0

2014 $30.5 $61.6 $92.1

2015 $75.1 $97.3 $172.5

2016 $135.5 $125.3 $260.8

2017 YTD $101.4 $94.7 $196.1

2017 YTD %Change YOY

55.30% 15.15% 32.91%

2017 Ann $152.1 $142.1 $294.2

The agency gross issuance totaled $871.5 billion in the first eight months of 2017, a 2.3 percent decrease year-over-year. When measured on monthly basis, the agency gross issuance was lower year over year for six consecutive months since March. If we annualize year to date gross issuance, volume is down sharply from 2016. Net issuance (which excludes repayments, prepayments, and refinances on outstanding mortgages) was up 32.9 percent versus the same period in 2016, on track to become the most robust net issuance year in recent history.

Sources: eMBS and Urban Institute.Note: Dollar amounts are in billions. Annualized figure based on data from August 2017.

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AGENCY GROSS AND NET ISSUANCE BY MONTHAGENCY ISSUANCE

AGENCY GROSS ISSUANCE & FED PURCHASES

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August 2017Sources: eMBS, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Urban Institute.

While government and GSE lending have dominated the mortgage market since the crisis, there has been a change in the mix. The Ginnie Mae share reached a peak of 28 percent of total agency issuance in 2010, declined to 25 percent in 2013, and has bounced back sharply since then. With the elevated mortgage rates since the election, monthly agency issuance has been lower year over year for six consecutive months since March. Less dependent on refinances, Ginnie Mae gross issuance experienced less of a drop, driving its share up to 35 percent in August 2017.

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In October 2014, the Fed ended its purchase program, but continued buying at a much reduced level, reinvesting funds from pay downs on mortgages and agency debentures into the mortgage market. Since then, the Fed’s absorption of gross issuance has been between 20 and 30 percent. In August 2017, agency gross issuance edged up to $121.1 billion while total Fed purchase increased more to $27.3 billion, yielding Fed absorption of gross issuance of 22.5 percent, up from 20.3 percent last month. In their September 2017 meeting, the Fed announced the balance sheet reduction plan, which would reduce the size of both their mortgage and treasury portfolios, will begin in October. This is a slow wind down; initially, the Fed would continue to reinvest, but by less than their run off.

Sources: eMBS, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Urban Institute.

August 2017

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MORTGAGE INSURANCE ACTIVITY

AGENCY ISSUANCE

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Sources: Inside Mortgage Finance and Urban Institute. Last updated August 2017.

In 2017 Q2, mortgage insurance activity via the FHA, VA and private insurers rose from previous quarter’s $159 billion to $177 billion, but it was still down 6 percent year-over-year from the same quarter in 2016. This quarter’s increase is mainly driven by private mortgage insurers’ $19 billion growth, while FHA edged up slightly and VA activity declined. FHA’s market share fell from 41 to 37 percent and VA share fell from 27 to 23 percent in 2017 Q2, while the private insurance market’s share increased to 40 percent (from 32 percent the previous quarter).

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MORTGAGE INSURANCE ACTIVITY

AGENCY ISSUANCE

FHA MI Premiums for Typical Purchase Loan

Case number dateUpfront mortgage insurance premium

(UFMIP) paidAnnual mortgage insurance

premium (MIP)1/1/2001 - 7/13/2008 150 50

7/14/2008 - 4/5/2010* 175 554/5/2010 - 10/3/2010 225 55

10/4/2010 - 4/17/2011 100 904/18/2011 - 4/8/2012 100 1154/9/2012 - 6/10/2012 175 125

6/11/2012 - 3/31/2013a 175 1254/1/2013 – 1/25/2015b 175 135Beginning 1/26/2015c 175 85

Sources: Ginnie Mae and Urban Institute.Note: A typical purchase loan has an LTV over 95 and a loan term longer than 15 years. Mortgage insurance premiums are listed in basis points. * For a short period in 2008 the FHA used a risk based FICO/LTV matrix for MI. a

Applies to purchase loans less than or equal to $625,500. Those over that amount have an annual premium of 150 bps.b

Applies to purchase loans less than or equal to $625,500. Those over that amount have an annual premium of 155 bps.c

Applies to purchase loans less than or equal to $625,500. Those over that amount have an annual premium of 105 bps.

FHA premiums rose significantly in the years following the housing crash, with annual premiums rising 170 percent from 2008 to 2013 as FHA worked to shore up its finances. In January 2015, President Obama announced a 50 bps cut in annual insurance premiums, making FHA mortgages more attractive than GSE mortgages for all borrowers. The April 2016 reduction in PMI rates for borrowers with higher FICO scores has partially offset that. As shown in the bottom table, a borrower putting 3.5 percent down will now find FHA more economical except for those with FICO scores of 760 or higher.

AssumptionsProperty Value $250,000Loan Amount $241,250LTV 96.5Base Rate

Conforming 4.12%FHA 4.02%

Initial Monthly Payment Comparison: FHA vs. PMI

FICO 620 - 639 640 - 659 660 - 679 680 - 699 700 - 719 720 - 739 740 - 759 760 +

FHA MI Premiums

FHA UFMIP 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%FHA MIP 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85%

PMI

GSE LLPA* 3.50% 2.75% 2.25% 1.50% 1.50% 1.00% 0.75% 0.75%PMI Annual MIP 2.25% 2.05% 1.90% 1.40% 1.15% 0.95% 0.75% 0.55%

Monthly Payment

FHA $1,334 $1,334 $1,334 $1,334 $1,334 $1,334 $1,334 $1,334PMI $1,708 $1,646 $1,601 $1,480 $1,429 $1,388 $1,340 $1,300PMI Advantage ($374) ($312) ($267) ($146) ($95) ($54) ($6) $34

Sources: Genworth Mortgage Insurance, Ginnie Mae and Urban Institute.Note: Mortgage insurance premiums listed in percentage points. Grey shade indicates FHA monthly payment is more favorable, while light blue indicates PMI is more favorable. The PMI monthly payment calculation does not include special programs like Fannie Mae’s HomeReady and Freddie Mac’s Home Possible (HP), both offer more favorable rates for low- to moderate-income borrowers.LLPA= Loan Level Price Adjustment, described in detail on page 21.

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Projects

The Mortgage Servicing Collaborative

Housing Finance Reform Incubator

Housing Credit Availability Index (HCAI)

Publications

Mortgage Insurance Data at a GlanceAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Alanna McCargo, Sheryl Pardo, Jun Zhu, Bing Bai, Karan Kaul, Bhargavi GaneshDate: August 22, 2017

Sixty Years of Private Mortgage Insurance in the United StatesAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Karan KaulDate: August 22, 2017

The Impact of Higher Interest Rates on the Mortgage MarketAuthors: Laurie GoodmanDate: August 10, 2017

In Need of an Update: Credit Scoring in the Mortgage MarketAuthors: Laurie GoodmanDate: July 27, 2017

The Common Securitization PlatformAuthors: Jim ParrottDate: July 19, 2017

Fannie Mae Raises the DTI LimitAuthors: Edward Golding, Laurie Goodman, Jun ZhuDate: July 19, 2017

GSE Financing of Single-Family RentalsAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Karan KaulDate: May 10, 2017

Clarifying the Choices in Housing Finance ReformAuthors: Jim ParrottDate: March 13, 2017

Quantifying the Tightness of Mortgage Credit and Assessing Policy ActionsAuthors: Laurie GoodmanDate: March 9, 2017

Blog Posts

How HARP saved borrowers billions and improved the housing finance systemAuthors: Jim Parrott, Laurie Goodman, Karan Kaul, Jun ZhuDate: September 20, 2017

Visualizing Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Houston’s neighborhoodsAuthors: Bhargavi Ganesh, Sarah StrochakDate: September 15, 2017

Five things every policymaker should know about nonbanks and the evolving mortgage industryAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Karan Kaul, Bing BaiDate: September 5, 2017

Why the single-family rental merger won’t hurt homebuyers or rentersAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Robert AbareDate: August 14, 2017

Six ways the GSEs can better achieve their mission to serve the underservedAuthors: Sarah Strochak, Edward GoldingDate: July 30, 2017

These four trends in rental housing have big implications for the growing affordability crisisAuthors: Alanna McCargoDate: July 26, 2017

A generation is stuck in starter homes, but they’re gaining tractionAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Bing Bai, Sheryl PardoDate: July 24, 2017

Progress on the single security is an unheralded successAuthors: Laurie Goodman, Bing Bai, Jim ParrottDate: July 11, 2017

FICO scores of approved borrowers are dropping. So is it easier to purchase a home?Authors: Karan Kaul, Bing BaiDate: July 5, 2017

New FDIC tool can help community banks expand access to mortgagesAuthors: Karan Kaul, Laurie GoodmanDate: June 20, 2017

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Acknowledgments

The Housing Finance Policy Center (HFPC) was launched with generous support at the leadership level from the Citi Foundation and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Ford Foundation and The Open Society Foundations.

Ongoing support for HFPC is also provided by the Housing Finance Innovation Forum, a group of organizations and individuals that support high-quality independent research that informs evidence-based policy development. Funds raised through the Forum provide flexible resources, allowing HFPC to anticipate and respond to emerging policy issues with timely analysis. This funding supports HFPC’s research, outreach and engagement, and general operating activities.

The chartbook is funded by these combined sources. We are grateful to them and to all our funders, who make it possible for Urban to advance its mission.

The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders. Funders do not determine research findings or the insights and recommendations of Urban experts. Further information on the Urban Institute’s funding principles is available at www.urban.org/support.

Housing Finance Innovation Forum Members as of June 27, 2017

OrganizationsBank of America Foundation BlackRock GenworthMortgage Bankers Association National Association of Realtors NationstarOcwenPretium Partners Pulte Home Mortgage Quicken LoansTIG AdvisorsTwo Harbors Investment Corp.U.S. Mortgage Insurers (USMI)VantageScoreWells Fargo & Company400 Capital Management

Individuals Mary MillerJim Millstein Beth MlynarczykToni MossShekar Narasimhan Faith Schwartz Mark Zandi

Data Partners CoreLogicMoody’s Analytics

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