As we noted yesterday, FSOC has officially begun the activity-and-practice designation of the secondary-mortgage market foreshadowed late last year in FSOC’s annual report. Of course, a “market” cannot be designated – it is its entities or practices within it that can. The most immediate targets are Fannie and Freddie post-conservatorship and mortgage servicing as it is conducted by nonbanks.
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