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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in December
Washington, D.C. - Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased 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 Index was...
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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 0.5 percent increase in October was revised upward to 0.6 percent. The...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Increased in November 2017
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...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5 Percent in October
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in October, up 0.5 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 September was revised upward to 0.5 percent. The...
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FHFA Third Quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report Shows Foreclosure Preventions Top 3.9 Million
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 41,465 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of...
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FHFA Issues Request for Input on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Score Requirements
PageContent Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued a Request for Input (RFI) to obtain feedback about the operational and competition considerations of changing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) current credit score requirements. The credit scores...
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FHFA Publishes Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Underserved Markets Plans for Duty to Serve Program
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's (the Enterprises) Underserved Markets Plans for 2018-2020 under the Duty to Serve program. The Plans become effective January 1, 2018. FHFA issued a final rule on December 13, 2016 to...
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FHFA Releases Further Data on Non-performing Loan Sales
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fourth 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...
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FHFA Updates Progress on the Single Security Initiative and Common Securitization Platform
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published An Update on Implementation of the Single Security Initiative and the Common Securitization Platform detailing progress toward further implementation of the Common Securitization Platform (CSP) and launch of a single...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in October
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from September to October, 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...