This annual report describes FHFA's accomplishments, as well as challenges, the agency faced in meeting the strategic goals and objectives during the past fiscal year.
Read about the agency’s 2022 examinations of Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac and the Home Loan Bank System.
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As conservator, FHFA is focused on ensuring that each Enterprise builds capital and improves its safety and soundness.
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Operate the business in a safe and sound manner.
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Promote sustainable and equitable access to affordable housing.
2023 Scorecard
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May 2, 2024
FHFA Issues Report on Enterprise Single-Family Guarantee Fees in 2022
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued its annual report on single-family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). Guarantee fees are intended to cover the expected credit losses, administrative costs, and cost of capital that the Enterprises incur when they acquire single-family loans from lenders...
May 1, 2024
FHFA Announces Enterprise Reconsideration of Value Policies
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) published new Reconsideration of Value (ROV) policies after months of collaboration with FHFA and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration...
April 30, 2024
FHFA House Price Index Up 1.2 Percent in February; Up 7.0 Percent from Last Year
U.S. house prices rose in February, up 1.2 percent from January, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 7.0 percent from February 2023 to February 2024. The previously reported 0.1 percent price decrease in January remained unchanged...
Climate Change and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recognizes that climate change poses a serious threat to the U.S. housing finance system. FHFA's regulated entities – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System – have an important leadership role to play in addressing this issue. Click here to learn more about what FHFA has done related to climate risks and ESG broadly.
FHFA established the Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP) to help address the risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks presented by individuals and entities with a history of fraud or other financial misconduct.
Click here to access the Suspended Counterparty Program regulation and the list of suspended individuals and entities.
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MIRS transition index is intended to be used in lieu of the discontinued MIRS ARM Index for currently outstanding loans, and not as a reference rate on newly-originated adjustable-rate mortgages. For further information, click here.
FHFA House Price Index Up 1.2 Percent in February; Up 7.0 Percent from Last Year
FHFA Announces Release of Fair Lending Final Rule
Written Testimony of Sandra L. Thompson, FHFA Director, Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
FHFA Releases Housing Mission Report for 2023
FHFA to Host FHLBank and CDFI Symposium
State Financial Regulators and FHFA Enter Into Mortgage Market Information Sharing Agreement
FHFA Announces 2024 Generative AI in Housing Finance TechSprint
Director Sandra Thompson's Statement on Title Acceptance Pilot
RFI Summary: Tenant Protections Now Available
FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future Report Now Available
FHFA requests comments on rules open for comment