Reflecting Administration-plan objectives, FHFA has now begun the process of redesigning the UMBS to free it to advance the new GSE vision.  In a request for information (RFI), the agency proposes a radical redesign of GSE securitization that gives uniform a whole new style.  Even more interestingly, FHFA contemplates opening UMBS to other issuers.

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