News Releases

​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sent to the Federal Register a notice of a proposed new product from Freddie Mac to begin purchasing certain single-family closed-end second mortgages. “The proposed activity is intended to provide homeowners with a cost...

Joint Release Federal Housing Finance Agency Conference of State Bank Supervisors ​​ ​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today entered into a formal agreement designed to facilitate information sharing with respect to...

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Tracy Stephan has been named Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO) and will continue in her role leading the FHFA Office of Financial Technology. FHFA’s CAIO will manage AI risk, promote AI...

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today is providing an update on its implementation of the recommendations of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System at 100: Focusing on the Future report​​, which was published in November 2023 and followed the first...

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices fell in January, down 0.1 percent from December, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 6.3 percent from January 2023 to January 2024. The previously...

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fourth quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 43,903 foreclosure prevention actions during the...

​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced its second TechSprint, an in-person team-based problem-solving event hosted by its Office of Financial Technology. FHFA’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Housing Finance TechSprint will bring together...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced updates to the implementation of new credit score requirements for single-family loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises).

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced two personnel updates. Anne Marie Pippin has been selected to serve as the Deputy Director for the Division of Conservatorship, Oversight, and Readiness. “With her extensive experience in mortgage finance, innovation, risk...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund will receive approximately $301 million for affordable housing initiatives from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises).