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U.S. House Prices Rise 1.3 Percent in First Quarter
Wa shington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2015 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). This is the fifteenth consecutive quarterly price increase in the purchase-only, seasonally adjusted index. FHFA's seasonally adjusted...
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FHFA Requests Input on House Price Index Measure for Conforming Loan Limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
W a s hi n g t on , D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today sent to the Federal Register a Notice and Request for Input on a method for assessing the national average single-family house price for use in setting the conforming loan limits of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Issue New Eligibility Requirements for Seller/Servicers
Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are issuing new operational and financial eligibility requirements for all current and potential single-family mortgage Seller/Servicers. The operational requirements become...
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FHFA Issues Update on the Single Security
Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released An Update on the Structure of the Single Security. The Update details progress that has been made on the single mortgage-backed security that would be issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Developing the Single Security is a...
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FHFA Revises Exclusions to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Multifamily Lending Scorecard Caps
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it is revising the affordable housing lending categories that are excluded from the multifamily lending purchase caps established in the 2015 Scorecard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The 2015...
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FHFA Announces Results of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Dodd-Frank Stress Tests
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a report providing the results of annual stress tests Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are required to conduct under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The Dodd-Frank...
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Agencies Issue Final Rule on Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
Joint Release Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Federal Housing Finance Agency National Credit Union Administration WASHINGTON, D.C.— Six federal financial...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Interest Rates Increased in March
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages increased from February to March, 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...
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FHFA House Price Index Up 0.7 Percent in February
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in February, 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 0.3 percent change in January remains unchanged. The FHFA HPI...
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Issue Revised Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are issuing revised requirements for private mortgage insurance companies that insure mortgage loans either owned or guaranteed by the Enterprises. The revised eligibility...