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    FHFA Further Extends Buying Loans in Forbearance & COVID-Related Loan Processing Flexibilities

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will extend buying qualified loans in forbearance and several loan origination flexibilities until October 31, 2020. The changes are to ensure continued support for bor...

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    FHFA Releases 2nd Quarter Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report for the Enterprises

    ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter 2020 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 252,014 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2020...

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    FHFA Announces Updates to Public Use Databases for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    ​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released new and revised datasets for the Public Use Databases​ (PUDBs) of single-family and multifamily mortgage acquisitions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). New data for 2019 are now available as well as final...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 1.0 Percent in July; Up 6.5 Percent from Last Year 2020

    ​ Washington, D.C. – House prices rose nationwide in July, up 1.0 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI). House prices rose 6.5 percent from July 2019 to July 2020. FHFA also revised its previously reported 0.9 percent...

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    FHFA Announces Director for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Fairness

    Washington, D.C. -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Debra Chew will join FHFA as Director for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Fairness (OEOF) on September 28, 2020. OEOF was created in January 2020 to elevate the importance of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)...

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    FHFA Announces Public Listening Sessions on Re-Proposed Capital Rule for the Enterprises

    ​​​​​Washington, D.C. – ​To allow interested parties to elaborate on their public comment letters on the re-proposed capital rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will host two listening sessions on September 10, 2020 and September 14, 2020...

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    FHFA Extends Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums

    ​​Washington, D.C. – Today, to help borrowers at risk of losing their home due to the coronavirus national emergency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will extend the moratoriums on single-family foreclosures and real estate owned...

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    FHFA Further Extends Buying Loans in Forbearance & COVID-Related Loan Processing Flexibilities

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will extend buying qualified loans in forbearance and several loan origination flexibilities until September 30, 2020. The changes are to ensure continued support for...

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    Adverse Market Refinance Fee Implementation now December 1

    ​ Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to delay the implementation date of their Adverse Market Refinance Fee until December 1, 2020. The fee was previously scheduled to take effect September 1, 2020. FHFA is also...

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    U.S. House Prices Up 5.4 Percent from Last Year; Prices Rise 0.8 Percent in Second Quarter Despite COVID

    ​​Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 5.4 percent from the second quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2020 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices were up 0.8 percent in the second quarter of 2019. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly...