About FHFA
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is an independent agency established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and is responsible for the effective supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), and the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which includes the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) and the Office of Finance (OF). The Agency's mission is to ensure that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) and the FHLBanks (together, "the regulated entities") fulfill their mission by operating in a safe and sound manner to serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for housing finance and community investment. Since 2008, FHFA has also served as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Latest News
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News Release
November 25, 2024Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will seek to extend housing access in rural underserved markets, enhance their support for manufactured housing, and continue addressing liquidity needs for first-time homebuyers, among a host of activities outlined in plans published today by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
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News Release
November 18, 2024The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will allow greater rental housing support from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) by raising the multifamily loan purchase cap for each Enterprise to $73 billion, representing $146 billion in total 2025 multifamily market support and a more than 4 percent increase from 2024, the Agency announced today. FHFA establishes the caps every year, and they are later included in Appendix A of the Enterprises’ Conservatorship Scorecard, a set of annual priorities that they are expected to meet. Just like in 2024, when the cap for each Enterprise was $70 billion, multifamily loans that finance workforce housing will be excluded from the 2025 limits.
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News Release
November 15, 2024The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual Performance and Accountability Report, which details FHFA’s activities as regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and as regulator and conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during fiscal year 2024. For the sixteenth consecutive year, FHFA received an unmodified audit opinion on its FY 2024 financial statements from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO also found no instances of reportable noncompliance with the applicable laws and regulations it tested.
Spotlight Topics
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Climate Risk
The purpose of FHFA's Climate Risk Committee is to ensure the Agency makes strategic and tactically sound decisions concerning the impacts of and response to the risks posed by climate change in a coordinated, collaborative, and informed manner in furtherance of FHFA’s mission.
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Suspended Counterparty
FHFA established the Suspended Counterparty Program 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.
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Housing Market Indicators
MIRS Transition Index
| MIRS Transition Index Release Dates | Index Values |
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| October 2024 | 6.48 |
| September 2024 | 6.88 |
| August 2024 | 6.94 |
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.
House Prices
| FHFA HPI-Source | Quarterly Change 2024Q1-2024Q2 | Four Quarter Change 2023Q2-2024Q2 |
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| "Purchase-Only" U.S. Index (Seasonally Adjusted) |
0.9% | 5.7% |
| "Expanded-Data" U.S. Index (Seasonally Adjusted) |
1.1% | 6.1% |