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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...
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U.S. House Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in Fourth Quarter
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 5.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Refinance Volume Decreases In Fourth Quarter 2018
PageContent Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 245,620 refinances in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with 253,135 in the third quarter. FHFA's fourth quarter Refinance Report also shows that 1,390 loans were...
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FHFA Names John Roscoe as Chief of Staff
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that John Roscoe has been appointed as Chief of Staff effective February 4. Roscoe will report directly to Joseph Otting, who became Acting Director of FHFA on January 7. “John is a dynamic and collaborative leader with a...
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FHFA Indices Show Little Movement in Mortgage Interest Rates in December
Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages were nearly flat from November to December, according to several indices of new mortgage contracts. The National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.4 Percent in November
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in November, up 0.4 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 in October was revised to reflect a 0.4 percent...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.3 Percent in October
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in October, 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 0.2 percent increase in September remained unchanged. The FHFA monthly HPI...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in November 2018
Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from October to November, 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...