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FHFA Completes Guarantee Fee Review: G-fees to Remain at Current Levels with Modest Adjustments
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the results of its comprehensive review of guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). FHFA has determined that current fees, on average, are at an appropriate level and that some modest...
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Foreclosure Prevention Actions Top 3.4 Million Through Fourth Quarter 2014
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed nearly 65,900 foreclosure prevention actions in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing the total foreclosure prevention actions to more than 3.4 million since the start of the...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Interest Rates Decreased in February
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from January to February, 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 0.3 Percent in January
Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in January, 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 0.8 percent change in December was revised downward to a 0.7...
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FHFA Report Details Progress on the 2014 Strategic Plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorships
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a Progress Report today on the initiatives outlined in the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2014 Conservatorship Scorecard. The Progress Report describes activities Fannie Mae and...
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FHFA Enhances Requirements for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Sales of Non-Performing Loans
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced enhanced requirements for sales of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (the Enterprises). FHFA approved NPL sales by the Enterprises to reduce the number of severely delinquent loans held in their...
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U.S. House Prices Rise 1.4 Percent in Fourth Quarter
PageContent Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI). This is the fourteenth consecutive quarterly price increase in the purchase-only, seasonally adjusted index. FHFA’s...
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FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Interest Rates Decreased in January
Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased from December to January, 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...
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FHFA Refinance Report Shows Uptick in December
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that more loans were refinanced in December of 2014, when the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 3.86 percent, than in any other month of 2014. FHFA’s fourth quarter Refinance Report also shows that the...
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FHFA Announces March 4 HARP Outreach Event in Newark
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced it will hold its fifth event to reach homeowners who could save on their monthly mortgage payments by refinancing through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). FHFA Director Mel Watt will join housing experts and...