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Dr. Mark Calabria Sworn In as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Washington, D.C. – In an Agency ceremony, Dr. Mark A. Calabria was sworn in today to a five-year term as the second Senate-confirmed Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Dr. Calabria was appointed to head the Agency by President Donald J. Trump. FHFA was created by the Housing...
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FHFA Authorizes Payments to Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund
Washington, D.C. - FHFA Acting Director Joseph Otting announced today that he has authorized the disbursement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's affordable housing allocations for 2018 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the National Housing Trust Fund of $244.86 million and...
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FHFA Updates Progress on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Risk Transfer Programs
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued its semi-annual Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report describing the status and volume of credit risk transfer (CRT) transactions through the fourth quarter of 2018. The Report provides a comprehensive picture of how Fannie Mae...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in February 2019
Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from January to February, 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...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.6 Percent in January; Up 5.6 Percent from Last Year
PageContent Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in January, up 0.6 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.3 percent increase for December 2018 remained unchanged. The...
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Nearly 4.3 Million Homeowners Helped Since Conservatorships
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fourth quarter 2018 Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 41,062 foreclosure prevention actions in the fourth quarter of 2018, bringing the total number of...
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Agencies Adopt Interim Final Rule to Facilitate Transfers of Legacy Swaps
Joint Release Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Farm Credit Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Five federal agencies today acted to ensure that qualifying swaps may be transferred from a...
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FHFA Acting Director Joseph Otting Supports FSOC’s Proposals to Identify Potential Market-wide Risks and to Designate Nonbank Financial Companies Systemically Important
Washington, D.C. — Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Joseph Otting today issued the following statement supporting the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) decision to propose an activities-based approach for identifying potential market-wide risks and to amend the...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in January
Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from December to January, 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 Issues Final Rule on Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has issued a final rule that requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to align programs, policies, and practices that affect the cash flows of “To-Be-Announced" (TBA)-eligible Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS). The issuance of...