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​ 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...

​​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...

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)...

​​​​​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...

​​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...

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...

​​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...

​ 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...

​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the FHFA House Price Index (HPI) will be released at 9 a.m. ET on the following Tuesdays in 2021:​ ​ ​January 26 February 23​​ March 30 April 27 May 25 June 29 July 27 August 31 September 28 October 26 November 30...

​​​Washington, D.C. – To increase awareness of available tenant protections, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that multifamily property owners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) who enter into a new or modified forbearance agreement must...