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​ Washington, D.C. – After considering input received in more than 1,300 comment letters in response to a proposed rule issued in 2014, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a final rule amending its regulation on Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) membership. The current regulation...

Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased 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 3...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in October, up 0.5 perce nt 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 0.8 percent increase in September was revised downward to...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released the 2016 Scorecard outlining specific, conservatorship priorities for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and their joint venture, Common Securitization Solutions, LLC. The 2016 Scorecard furthers the goals outlined in FHFA's Strategic...

Washington, D.C. - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 54,744 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of foreclosure prevention actions to just under 3.6 million since the start of the...

​ Washington, D.C. - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking comments on a proposed rule to implement the Duty to Serve provisions of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as amended by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This statute...

​​​​Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.3 percent in the third quarter of 2015 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). This is the 17th consecutive quarterly price increase in the purchase-only, seasonally adjusted index. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2016 will remain at existing levels, except in 39 high-cost counties where they will increase. In most of the country, the loan...

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...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the total number of loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) in the third quarter declined compared to HARP refinances in the prior quarter. FHFA's third quarter Refinance Report indicates...