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Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased 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 4.02...

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 second quarter was nearly the same as the number of HARP refinances through the first quarter. FHFA's second quarter...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.2 percent in the second quarter of 2015 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). This is the 16th consecutive quarterly price increase in the purchase-only, seasonally adjusted index. FHFA's seasonally adjusted...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has adopted a final rule establishing single-family and multifamily housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) for 2015 through 2017. The final rule was adopted after FHFA considered more than 144 comments on a proposed...

​​​​Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased 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 3.85...

​ Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in May, up 0.4 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 0.3 percent change in April was revised upward to reflect a 0.4...

Washington, D.C. – 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 report tracks adjustments from 2009 through 2014 and shows that guarantee fees have increased over this period. The report also...

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 3.75...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed 65,960 foreclosure prevention actions in the first quarter of 2015, bringing the total foreclosure prevention actions to nearly 3.5 million since the start of the conservatorships in...

​ Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in April, up 0.3 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 0.3 percent change in March remains unchanged. The FHFA HPI is...