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    FHFA Releases Annual Report on 2022 Federal Home Loan Bank Targeted Mission Activities

    ​ ​​​​​Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released its Report on 2022 Federal Home Loan Bank Targeted Mission Activities​. The report highlights the Federal Home Loan Banks’ (FHLBanks) activities and performance in 2022 under the Affordable Housing Program (AHP), the...

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    FHFA Releases Report on FHLBank System at 100

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its report on the FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future initiative, the Agency’s comprehensive review of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System in anticipation of the System’s centennial...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.6 Percent in August; Up 5.6 Percent from Last Year

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in August, up 0.6 percent from July, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 5.6 percent from August 2022 to August 2023. The previously reported 0.8 percent price...

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    FHFA to Host Property Insurance Symposium

    ​ ​​​Washington, D.C. – In an effort to foster dialogue on the growing challenges related to the availability and affordability of property insurance, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced it would host the first in a series of property insurance symposiums on November 14 and 15...

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    FHFA Announces Expanded Eligibility for "Rep and Warrant" Relief following COVID-19 Forbearance

    Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that it will revise the treatment of active single-family mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) for which borrowers elected a COVID-19 forbearance under the Enterprises' representations and...

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    FHFA Publishes New Uniform Appraisal Dataset Appraisal-Level Public Use File

    ​ ​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today published its new Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) Appraisal-Level Public Use File (PUF). "As accurate home valuations are vital to the mortgage market, publishing transparent data on appraisals while protecting borrowers'...

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    FHFA Announces Report on the Sale of Non-performing Loans by the Enterprises

    Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released the latest report on the sale of non-performing loans (NPLs) by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The Enterprise Non-Performing Loan Sales Report includes sales information about NPLs sold through December 31...

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    FHFA House Price Index Up 0.8 Percent in July; Up 4.6 Percent from Last Year

    Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in July, up 0.8 percent from June, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) seasonally adjusted monthly House Price Index (HPI®). House prices rose 4.6 percent from July 2022 to July 2023. The previously reported 0.3 percent price increase in...

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    FHFA Releases 2nd Quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its second quarter 2023 Foreclosure Prevention and Refinance Report. The report shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) completed 47,370 foreclosure prevention actions during the quarter...

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    FHFA Announces Next Phase of Public Engagement Process for Updated Credit Score Requirements

    ​ ​​​Washington, D.C. – Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced additional opportunities for ongoing public engagement to facilitate the transition to updated credit score models and credit report requirements for loans acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises)...