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Washington, D.C. – La Agencia Federal de la Financiación del Hogar (FHFA por sus siglas en inglés) anunció hoy su decisión de añadir una pregunta sobre el lenguaje de preferencia a la solicitud rediseñada del Préstamo Hipotecario Residencial Uniforme. La pregunta va a permitir a los prestatarios, si...

Washington, D.C. – As required by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its annual report on the single-family guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The report discusses guarantee fees charged in 2016...

Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from July to August, 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 4.05...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 48,760 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.2 percent from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.1 percent increase in June remained the same. The FHFA monthly HPI is...

PageContent Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from June to July, 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...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.6 percent in the second quarter of 2017 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 6.6 percent from the second quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2017. FHFA's seasonally adjusted monthly index...

​ Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that more than 356,709 refinances were completed in the second quarter of 2017, compared with 510,074 in the first quarter. FHFA’s second quarter Refinance Report also shows that more than 9,700 loans were refinanced...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced modifications to the streamlined refinance program for borrowers with high loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. On August 25, 2016, FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) would implement a High LTV...

Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Melvin L. Watt today announced the appointment of Andre D. Galeano to the position of Deputy Director of the Division of Federal Home Loan Bank Regulation. Galeano will oversee the regulation and supervision of the 11 Federal Home...