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​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its report providing information about 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...

Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its 2018 Report to Congress. The report meets the requirements of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. It provides...

​ Washington, D.C. – FHFA has determined that due to dwindling participation, the Monthly Interest Rate Survey will be discontinued. This is the final monthly release. Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from March to April, according to several indices of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

​ 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...

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...