News Releases

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter 2024 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 43,459 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a report on non-performing loans (NPLs) sold by by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) through the first half of 2024. The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report also provides information about how NPL sales through December 31...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the deemed-issuance ratio for the 2025 calendar year in accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines on the trading of the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS). The deemed-issuance-ratio will be used for diversification...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the conforming loan limit values (CLLs) for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) in 2025. In most of the United States, the 2025 CLL value for one-unit properties will be $806,500, an increase of $39,950 (or 5.2...

U.S. house prices rose 4.3 percent between the third quarter of 2023 and the third quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices were up 0.7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2024. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index...

The 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...

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...

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...

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 Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued an Advisory Bulletin (AB) that simplifies the process for project sponsors to receive Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) funds for affordable housing projects. Each of the 11 FHLBanks operates an Affordable Housing Program (AHP) providing grants...