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Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt today announced the appointment of Janell Byrd-Chichester as Chief of Staff for FHFA. Byrd-Chichester most recently served as partner in the law firm Mehri & Skalet in Washington, DC from 2010 to 2014 in their fair housing...

Washington, D.C.– The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it is extending the comment period for the agency’s proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership by 60 days. The comment period was previously set to close on November 12, 2014, 60 days after publication in the...

Washington, D.C. – Nationally, interest rates on conventional purchase-money mortgages decreased slightly from July to August, 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...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a report showing that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed approximately 80,000 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter, bringing the total to nearly 3.3 million since the start of the conservatorships in...

​ Washington, D.C. - Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt announced today the appointment of Nina Nichols to be Deputy Director of the FHFA Division of Enterprise Regulation. Nichols will oversee FHFA’s regulation and supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Nichols joined FHFA...

​ Washington, D.C. - U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.1 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 0.4 percent increase in June was revised to reflect a 0.3...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced it will hold its third event to reach homeowners who could benefit from the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) on October 2, 2014 in Detroit. FHFA Director Mel Watt will join housing experts and community leaders for...

Washington D.C. - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, today announced a settlement of $550 million with HSBC North America Holdings Inc., related companies and specifically named individuals (HSBC). The settlement resolves claims in the lawsuit...

Washington, DC - Five federal agencies are seeking comment on a proposed rule to establish margin requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...

Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today proposed a rule that would revise the requirements for financial institutions to apply for and retain membership in one of the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks). The proposed rule would revise FHFA’s existing Bank membership...