The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued its draft Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements (PMIERs) yesterday, and while the new rules would be more restrictive, Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE:GNW) and Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) were both positive in their initial feedback. Essent Group already meets draft requirements “We commend FHFA, Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) for all of their work in revising the PMIERs,” said Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) Chairman and CEO Mark Casale in a statement. “We believe that the proposed risk-based capital adequacy framework…