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FHFA Indices Show Little Movement in Mortgage Interest Rates in September
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages were nearly flat from August to September, 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 0.7 Percent in August
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in August, up 0.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.5 percent increase in July remained unchanged. The FHFA...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in August 2016
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased 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 3.58...
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FHFA Second Quarter Foreclosure Prevention Report Shows Continuing Progress on Foreclosure Preventions
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 completed 48,438 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of foreclosure prevention...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5 Percent in July 2016
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the previous month, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.2 percent increase in June was revised upward to reflect a 0.3...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Rates Decreased in July 2016
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 was 3.62...
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FHFA Announces New Streamlined Refinance Offering for High LTV Borrowers: HARP Extended through September 2017
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), at FHFA's direction, will implement a new refinance offering aimed at borrowers with high loan-to-value (LTV) ratios. The new refinance offering will provide much-needed...
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U.S. House Prices Rise 1.2 Percent in Second Quarter; Some Signs of Deceleration
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.2 percent in the second quarter of 2016 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). House prices rose 5.6 percent from the second quarter of 2015 to the second quarter of 2016. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index...
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HARP Refinances Continue Steady Decline
Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that 18,310 borrowers refinanced their mortgages through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) through June this year. FHFA's second quarter Refinance Report shows that while total refinance volume increased in June...
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FHFA Further Adjusts Multifamily Lending Caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it has made an additional increase to the 2016 multifamily lending caps for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), raising the caps from $35 billion to $36.5 billion for each Enterprise, effective immediately...