News Releases

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from June to July, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.7 percent increase in June was revised downward to a 0.6 percent increase. For the 12 months...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent to the Federal Register a Notice presenting an approach to adjust the guarantee fees (g-fees) that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge on single-family mortgages in states where costs related to foreclosure practices are...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are launching a new representation and warranty (rep and warranty) framework for conventional loans sold or delivered on or after Jan. 1, 2013. The new rep and warranty approach, part of a...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Pacifica Companies, LLC has purchased 699 Fannie Mae properties in Florida as part of a real estate owned (REO) pilot initiative. FHFA will announce the winning investors for properties in other areas upon closing of...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its July Refinance Report, which shows a key milestone was reached when more than 519,000 loans were refinanced through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) since the beginning of...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise guarantee fees (g-fees) on single-family mortgages by an average of 10 basis points. The changes to g-fee pricing represent a step toward encouraging greater...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) contracts, was 3.66 percent based on loans closed in...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose 1.8 percent from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2012 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only House Price Index (HPI). The HPI is calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae and...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are issuing new, clear guidelines to their mortgage servicers that will align and consolidate existing short sales programs into one standard short sale program. The streamlined program rules...

​Joint Release​ Federal Housing Finance Agency ​​Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. Department of the Treasury​​​ ​ ​Washington, D.C. – Six federal financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposed rule to establish new appraisal requirements for "higher-risk mortgage loans." The...