...December 12, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO (S&P Global Ratings) Dec. 12, 2022--S&P Global Ratings raised its issuer credit rating to '##' from '##-' on the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA). The outlook is stable. "The rating action reflects our view of CalHFA's significant improvement in financial ratios over the past two fiscal years, to levels above those of peers, as well as its significant reduction in leverage and risk," said S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Aulii Limtiaco. The stable outlook reflects our expectation that CalHFA's financial ratios, which are above our '##' category benchmarks, will decline to some degree, compared with the current very high levels given the agency's leverage and on-balance-sheet lending plans....