Agency Watchdog Criticizes FHFA for Failing to Establish Clear Goals fhacondosapproval Is this because the longer the FHFA and the FHA do nothing the longer it will be business as usual and they hope that eventually reform will just go away? Please read the article below and let me know what you think. The Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General argued in a report released Tuesday that the FHFA should define specific performance goals for encouraging private participation in the mortgage credit risk market. Thus far, FHFA has stated goals to decrease the GSEs’ and the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA’s) dominant roles in the mortgage market and increase private investment in its place, but the agency has not set any specific milestones by which to measure its success in this endeavor, according to OIG. FHFA has not defined what it considers “increased private sector investment” nor determined how much it must raise guarantee fees to achieve this goal. Similarly, FHFA has not set specific goals for its pricing initiatives with FHA. OIG criticized FHFA for not yet setting up a formal working group at FHA to set prices and measure the success of their pricing goals. A white paper from Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development suggested such a working group in 2011. After consulting with agency officials, OIG found they are reluctant to set specific goals for FHA because “rising guarantee fees will make substantial private sector investments in mortgage credit risk inevitable unless Congress first acts to redefine the Enterprises and their role in the housing finance system.” However, “OIG is not persuaded by FHFA’s stated rationale for declining to develop definitions and performance measures for its pricing initiative,” OIG said in its report. Congress may not immediately address housing finance, and when it does, there is likely to be a long delay between congress’ decision and implementation in the market. To read the complete article - please use the link below. dsnews/articles/agency-watchdog-criticizes-fhfa-for-failing-to-establish-clear-goals-2013-07-17
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:34:45 +0000
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