Real Estate Finance Experts on Trump Order for $200B Fannie-Freddie Bond Buys - GlobeSt.com

I’m looking for qualified comments from experts on real estate finance on the implications of Trump ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds. Messaged original comments (PR people, please don’t massage/edit/change unless it’s something like a typo) are fine. Some particular questions (but observations beyond them are more than welcome): 1. Any sense of whether this is just for single-house based bonds or multifamily as well? 2. There’s been some initial change in single-family mortgage rates. How much has the spread changed? What is the market likely to see? 3. How could this affect the single-family market? Many more people buying? Some? With prices as high as they are, how big a change in mortgage rates would be necessary to see a significant volume increase? 3. What are implications for multifamily? Any changes in mortgage rates there in sight? And, depending on the increase in house purchases, what would that do to apartment unit demand? How might it affect the demand/inventory imbalance now in multifamily and the rent growth potential? I’d like to hear from anyone by tomorrow/Sunday/Jan 11 at 3pm ET. Earlier is better. Please reach me at [email redacted].