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Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today proposed updated minimum financial eligibility requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Seller/Servicers. The updated minimum financial requirements will further strengthen the Enterprises' Seller/Servicer requirements and provide...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in November, up 0.2 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 4.9 percent from November 2018 to November 2019. The previously reported 0.2 percent increase for October...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Kate Tyrrell recently joined FHFA as Deputy Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary, and that George Brown joined the Agency as a Senior Congressional Affairs Advisor. Prior to joining FHFA, Tyrrell served as the Deputy...

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that J. Christopher “Chris" Giancarlo, former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will serve as independent, non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Common Securitization Solutions...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter 2019 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 26,475 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2019, bringing the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in October, up 0.2 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 5.0 percent from October 2018 to October 2019. The previously reported 0.6 percent increase for September...

​ Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Farm Credit Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Comptroller of the Currency Five federal agencies today announced they will reopen and extend until January 23, 2020, the comment...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual report on single-family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 requires FHFA to conduct an ongoing study of the guarantee fees charged...

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 information about NPLs sold through June 30,2019 and...

​ ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the deemed-issuance ratio for the 2020 calendar year in accordance with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines on the trading of the Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security (UMBS). The IRS Revenue Procedure 2018-54 provides...