{"id":33873,"date":"2025-06-26T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33873"},"modified":"2025-06-26T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:46:31","slug":"us-housing-agency-authorizes-crypto-assets-in-mortgage-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33873","title":{"rendered":"US Housing Agency Authorizes Crypto Assets In Mortgage Assessments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to recognize cryptocurrency as an asset in their assessments of single-family mortgage loan risks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This directive, issued by FHFA Director William J. Pulte, marks a pivotal moment in the integration of digital assets within the traditional finance framework, particularly in the realm of home lending.<\/p>\n

Crypto As Asset For Home Loans<\/h2>\n

According <\/a>to CNBC, the order mandates that both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac create proposals that allow borrowers to use digital assets without needing to convert them into US dollars before closing a loan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pulte emphasized that this initiative aligns with President Donald Trump\u2019s vision of positioning the United States as a global leader in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n

Historically, cryptocurrency has been largely excluded from mortgage underwriting due to concerns over its volatility<\/a>, regulatory ambiguities, and the challenges associated with verifying asset reserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, this new directive signals a shift in perspective, recognizing the increasing acceptance of crypto within institutional finance and federal policy.<\/p>\n

A \u2018Monumental Shift\u2019<\/h2>\n

The FHFA\u2019s order acknowledges cryptocurrency as an emerging asset class that could provide opportunities for wealth building outside of conventional stock and bond markets.<\/p>\n

Yet, the directive specifies that only digital assets stored on US-regulated, centralized exchanges<\/a> (CEX) will be considered, ensuring that these assets can be clearly evidenced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are required to implement measures to account for the \u201cinherent volatility of cryptocurrencies,\u201d ensuring that these assets do not jeopardize their underwriting standards.<\/p>\n

Both enterprises will need to submit their proposals for assessment to their respective boards of directors and subsequently to the FHFA for final approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were placed under government control in September 2008 as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), play a crucial role in the US housing market, holding over $7 trillion in housing loans.<\/p>\n

Market expert Echo X weighed in on this development in a recent social media post <\/a>on X (formerly Twitter), asserting that the decision to allow digital assets as reserves represents a monumental shift.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The expert noted that this change will enable borrowers to use their crypto holdings as part of their home loan qualifications<\/a>, eliminating previous barriers that required users to liquidate their assets to qualify for loans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Echo X, this move opens the floodgates for genuine adoption of cryptocurrency within the housing market, signaling the dawn of a tokenized real estate market supported by the US mortgage system.<\/p>\n

\"Crypto\"<\/p>\n

This decision caused an uptick in prices across the broader digital asset ecosystem, with Bitcoin (BTC) surging 1.5% toward $107,000 in the 24-hour chart. Consequently, the total crypto market cap also surged to $3.27 trillion.<\/p>\n

Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to recognize cryptocurrency as an asset in their assessments of single-family mortgage loan risks.\u00a0 This directive, issued by FHFA Director William J. Pulte, marks a pivotal moment in the integration of digital assets within the traditional finance framework, particularly in the realm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-33873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}