News Releases

U.S. house prices rose 0.3 percent in August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 4.2 percent from August 2023 to August 2024. The previously reported 0.1 percent price increase in July was revised upward to 0...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced updates today to several Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) policies that are intended to enhance efficiencies and promote cost savings in the single-family mortgage market. “Today’s announcements highlight actions that will better ensure...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking which addresses boards of directors and executive management of the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) and the FHLBank System’s Office of Finance. The proposed rule will update and clarify regulatory requirements on a...

The Federal Home Loan Banks’ (FHLBanks) affordable housing and community development support grew significantly last year, as earnings improvement across the FHLBank System corresponded with greater commitments to lower-income communities. The Report on 2023 Federal Home Loan Bank Targeted Mission...

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...

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)...

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...

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.

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...

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...