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    FHFA House Price Index Down 0.1 Percent in November; Up 8.2 Percent from Last Year

    ​​​​Washington, D.C. – House prices fell 0.1 percent nationwide in November compared to October, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 8.2 percent from November 2021 to November 2022. The previously reported 0.0 percent price...

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    FHFA Announces Enhancements to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Radon Standards for Multifamily Properties

    ​ ​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced enhancements to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) multifamily radon standards. The Enterprises’ aligned radon standards will require additional radon testing for multifamily properties with loan...

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    FHFA Announces Updates to the Enterprises’ Single-Family Pricing Framework

    ​ ​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced further changes to Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) single-family pricing framework by introducing redesigned and recalibrated upfront fee matrices for purchase, rate-term refinance, and cash-out...

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    FHFA House Price Index 0.0 Percent in October; Up 9.8 Percent from Last Year

    Washington, D.C. – House prices were flat nationwide in October, experiencing a 0.0 percent change from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices rose 9.8 percent from October 2021 to October 2022. The previously reported 0...

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    FHFA Releases Latest Report on Non-Performing Loan Sales

    ​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released the latest report on the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes sales information about NPLs sold through June 30...

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    FHFA Announces Final Rule for New Enterprise Products and Activities

    ​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published a final rule that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to provide advance notice to FHFA of new activities and obtain prior approval before launching new products. “The final rule clarifies how FHFA will...

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    FHFA Releases 3rd Quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report

    ​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter 2022 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report​. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 69,362 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total...

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    FHFA Finalizes 2023-2024 Multifamily Housing Goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a final r​ule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) that establishes the benchmark levels for their multifamily housing goals for 2023 and 2024 using the new percentage-based methodology outlined in the proposed...

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    FHFA and CFPB Release Updated Data from the National Survey of Mortgage Originations for Public Use

    Joint Release ​​Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Federal Housing Finance Agency ​​ ​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published updated loan-level data for public use collected through the National Survey of...

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    FHFA Announces Deemed-Issuance Ratio for 2023

    ​ ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the deemed-issuance ratio for the 2023 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...