News Releases

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today said it will extend implementation dates for a key component of the Uniform Mortgage Data Program (UMDP) announced in May 2010, known as the Uniform Loan Delivery Dataset (ULDD). Industry participants have demonstrated continued...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), on its own behalf and as Conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the city of Chicago to prevent enforcement of the city’s...

PageContent Washington, D.C. – Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s foreclosure prevention activity increased in the third quarter of 2011 and total nearly 2 million foreclosure prevention actions since the beginning of conservatorship in 2008. During this period, the Enterprises completed one million...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. house prices rose in the third quarter of 2011 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only House Price Index (HPI). The HPI, calculated using home sales price information from Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-acquired mortgages, was 0...

Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco has announced the appointments of Richard B. Hornsby, as FHFA’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Jon Greenlee, as the agency’s Deputy Director of the Division of Enterprise Regulation. Mr. Hornsby served at the...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 ARM contracts, was 4.19 percent based on loans closed in October. This is a decrease of 0...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that under terms set forth in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2012 will remain at existing levels except in...

Washington, D.C. – Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today released FHFA’s 2011 Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) detailing the agency’s performance and achievements for fiscal year 2011. For the third consecutive year, FHFA received a clean audit opinion...

Today FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco responded to a letter from numerous U.S. Senators regarding executive compensation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Attached is the text of the letter. Executive Compensation Letter to U.S. Senators Corinne Russell (202) 649-3032 / Stefanie Johnson (202)...

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Housing Finance Agency 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 ARM contracts, was 4.38 percent based on loans closed in September. This is a decrease of...