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FHFA House Price Index

U.S. house prices rose 0.3 percent in August; and rose 4.2 percent from August 2023 to August 2024.

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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.

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Latest News

  • News Release

    FHFA Releases FY 2024 Performance and Accountability Report
    November 15, 2024
    The 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.
  • News Release

    FHFA Announces FHLBank Partnerships with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Expand Housing Access for Tribal Communities
    November 07, 2024
    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced two partnerships involving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) to boost awareness and liquidity for programs that expand housing access for tribal communities. In one partnership, the FHLBank of Des Moines will promote a Freddie Mac mortgage product intended to improve credit access for federally recognized Native American tribes. In the other, Fannie Mae will purchase loans originated through the FHLBank Mortgage Partnership Finance (MPF) program — administered by the FHLBank of Chicago — to increase mortgage liquidity for tribal communities.
  • News Release

    FHFA Announces New Staffing Update
    November 04, 2024
    Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Victoria Nahrwold has been named Deputy Director, Division of Enterprise Regulation (DER). Division of Enterprise Regulation provides management oversight, direction, and support for all examination activity involving the Enterprises, the development of supervision findings, and preparation of the annual reports of examination. The division monitors and assesses the financial condition and performance of the Enterprises and their compliance with regulations through annual on-site examinations and periodic visits. An examiner-in-charge leads examination activity at each Enterprise. Examination teams will expand further as DER continues to build towards a post-conservatorship future.​

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.

Housing Market Indicators

MIRS Transition Index

MIRS Transition Index Release Dates Index Values
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
"Purchase-Only" U.S. Index
(Seasonally Adjusted)
0.9% 5.7%
"Expanded-Data" U.S. Index
(Seasonally Adjusted)
1.1% 6.1%