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    FHFA Expands Housing Market Data Resources with New Manufactured House Price Index

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published today new national datasets on price trends for manufactured homes. FHFA’s release of the House Price Index (HPI) and median prices for manufactured homes provides quarterly data on the movement and level of manufactured home prices nationally. The...

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    FHFA Proposes Rule to Expand Access to Liquidity for the Federal Home Loan Banks

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Unsecured Credit Limits. The proposed rule would improve the FHLBanks’ ability to provide liquidity to members by aligning the treatment of interest-bearing deposit accounts (IBDAs)...

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    FHFA Releases NMDB® Residential Mortgage Dashboard

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) updated the National Mortgage Database (NMDB®) Aggregate Statistics series to include new quarterly data on the loan performance of residential mortgages through the second quarter of 2024. The Agency also released a new interactive data visualization...

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    FHFA Issues Advisory Bulletin to the Federal Home Loan Banks to Ensure a Sound Credit Risk Management Framework and Member Ability to Access Liquidity

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued an Advisory Bulletin to the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System that communicates guidance regarding the FHLBanks’ practices of providing their members with access to advances in a safe and sound manner.

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    FHFA Re-Proposes Rule on Suspended Counterparty Program

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it has revised the Agency’s proposal to amend the Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP). The SCP regulation requires a regulated entity to report to FHFA if an individual or institution that it does business with has committed certain...

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    FHFA Releases 2nd Quarter 2024 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter 2024 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 46,378 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter, raising the total number of homeowners...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.1 Percent in July; Up 4.5 Percent from Last Year

    U.S. house prices rose 0.1 percent in July, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 4.5 percent from July 2023 to July 2024. The previously reported 0.1 percent price decrease in June was revised upward to 0.0...

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    FHFA Releases Data Visualization Dashboard for Enterprises’ Multifamily Mortgage Acquisitions

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released an interactive tool for tracking data on multifamily mortgages that enables users to review details about loans and properties at both the state and national levels. The tool, known as a data visualization dashboard, provides a more accessible way...

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    FHFA Releases Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard

    The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released an online risk analysis tool that provides geographic estimates for physical risks from various types of natural disasters as well as nationwide data on housing and the mortgage market. The tool — known as the Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster...

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    U.S. House Prices Rise 5.7 Percent over the Last Year; Up 0.9 Percent from the First Quarter of 2024

    U.S. house prices rose 5.7 percent between the second quarter of 2023 and the second quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices were up 0.9 percent compared to the first quarter of 2024. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index...