Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have made significant progress toward creating a joint entity which may eventually function as a market for mortgage-backed securities.

The two government-owned entities that together make up the majority of secondary market for mortgages in the U.S. have been in effect owned and managed by the federal government since they were conserved during the housing finance crisis.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the organizations' effective regulating and managing agency, announced Monday the formation of a new, independent, corporation to run the new MBS market. Its name: Common Securitization Solutions,LLC

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