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    Agencies Finalize Rule Exempting Certain Commercial and Financial End Users from Initial and Variation Margin Requirements

    ​​ ​​​​Joint Release​ Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Housing Finance Agency Farm Credit Administration ​ Five federal agencies today announced a final rule exempting certain commercial and...

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    FHFA Indices Show Little Movement in Interest Rates

    ​ Washington, DC – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages were nearly flat from May to June, 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...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.2 Percent in May

    ​ Washington, DC – U.S. house prices rose in May, up 0.2 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 April was revised upward to reflect a 0.3...

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    FHFA Details Plans and Timelines for the Single Security and Common Securitization Platform

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released An Update on Implementation of the Single Security and the Common Securitization Platform ​. The Update details the progress made to date and describes the expected milestones that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises...

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    FHFA Releases Data on Non-performing Loan Sales

    ​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its first 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 NPL sales data through May 31...

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    FHFA Details Progress on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Credit Risk Transfer Programs

    ​ ​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today issued two documents designed to enhance public awareness of, and involvement in, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) credit risk transfer programs. The Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer Progress Report ​ provides an...

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    FHFA Indices Show Mortgage Interest Rates Decreased in May 2016

    Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from April to May, 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 3.70...

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    Foreclosure Prevention Actions Approach 3.7 Million Through First Quarter 2016

    ​​ Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 49,573 foreclosure prevention actions in the first quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of foreclosure prevention actions to nearly 3.7 million since the start of the...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.2 Percent in April

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in April, up 0.2 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 0.7 percent increase in March was revised upward to reflect a 0.8...

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    FHFA Releases 2015 Report to Congress

    Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its 2015 Report to Congress . The statutorily-required report provides information about FHFA's 2015 examinations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) and the FHLBanks' Office...