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    FHFA Announces Sarah Dumont Merchak as Director of Legislative Affairs

    Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Sarah Dumont Merchak will join the Agency as its Director of Legislative Affairs. Merchak joins FHFA from USAA, where she was Director of Federal Government Relations. Prior to that, she held various public policy and...

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    U.S. House Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in First Quarter

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2019 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 5.1 percent from the first quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index for...

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    Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Total Refinance Volume Increases In March as Interest Rates Fall

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 234,716 refinances in the first quarter of 2019. FHFA's first quarter 2019 Refinance Report also shows that 901 loans were refinanced through the Home Affordable...

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    FHFA Announces Three Appointments

    PageContent ​​​ ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced that Clinton Jones, Lynn Fisher and Matt Grinney will join the Agency.  Jones has been named Senior Advisor for Legal Affairs and Policy, Fisher will serve as Senior Advisor for Economics and Grinney will be...

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    FHFA Announces Two Staff Appointments

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Christopher L. Bosland and Meghan C. Patenaude will join FHFA today. Bosland will serve as Senior Advisor for Regulatory Affairs and Patenaude will be a Senior Policy Advisor. Bosland has extensive experience leading and...

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    FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in March

    ​ Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from February to March, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index was 4...

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    FHFA Report Details Progress on the 2018 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a Scorecard Progress Report today summarizing the 2018 activities of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to further FHFA’s three strategic objectives as conservator: Maintain, Reduce, and Build. Interested parties are...

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    FHFA Announces Sheila Greenwood as Director of External Relations

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Sheila M. Greenwood will be joining its leadership team as the Director of External Relations, effective April 29, 2019. In that role, Greenwood will oversee the Office of Congressional Affairs and Communications...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.3 Percent in February; Up 4.9 Percent from Last Year

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in February, up 0.3 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.6 percent increase for January 2019 remained unchanged. The FHFA...

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    FHFA Announces Adolfo Marzol As Principal Deputy Director

    ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Adolfo Marzol has been appointed Principal Deputy Director of FHFA effective April 15, 2019. Marzol will report to FHFA Director Mark Calabria. Marzol is an experienced financial and risk management professional in...