News Releases

​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual Report to Congress ​(the Report), covering calendar year 2020. The report highlights FHFA's historic policy response that helped borrowers and renters stay safe in their homes while also ensuring mortgage...

​​​Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) on executive compensation at the regulated entities: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) as well as the Federal Home Loan Banks (the FHLBanks). The information that FHFA is requesting will...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will continue to offer COVID-19 forbearance to qualifying multifamily property owners through September 30, 2021, subject to the continued tenant protections FHFA has...

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 December 31...

​ Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 12.6 percent from the first quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI ®). House prices were up 3.5 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2020. FHFA's seasonally adjusted...

Washington, D.C.— Today, to improve policymakers' understanding of how mortgage risk has evolved over time and the role it played in the 2008 recession, FHFA released a revised staff working paper, “A Quarter Century of Mortgage Risk." Using a comprehensive dataset that contains aggregated results...

​ ​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published the proposed 2022-2024 Underserved Markets Plans submitted by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) under the Duty to Serve (DTS) program. The proposed Plans cover the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31...

​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published a report on the performance of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's (the Enterprises') single-family credit risk transfers (CRT). The report focuses on securities issuance and insurance/reinsurance credit risk sharing vehicles...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) eligibility requirements for mortgages in condominium (condo), cooperative (co-op), and planned unit development (PUD) projects where a large portion...

​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published a final rule that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to develop credible resolution plans, also known as “living wills." These resolution plans would facilitate a rapid and orderly resolution of the...