FHFA
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was created on July 30, 2008, when the President signed into law the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The Act created a world-class, empowered regulator with all of the authorities necessary to oversee vital components of our country’s secondary mortgage markets – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. In addition, this law combined the staffs of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB), and the GSE mission office at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Contact:
1700 G Street, NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20552
Phone: (866) 796-5595
Corinne Russell
(202) 414-6921
Stefanie Mullin
(202) 414-6376
FHFA Index Shows Mortgage Interest Rates Continue to Rise in September
Washington, DC - October 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- National data show interest rates on mortgages continued their upward trend. Contract mortgage interest rates increased 0.11 percent from August to September, according to an index of new mortgage...
FHFA Announces Deputy Director of Housing Mission and Goals and Deputy Director of Division...
Washington, DC - January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today announced the appointment of Sandra Thompson as Deputy Director of the Division of Housing Mission and Goals. Thompson will o...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - December 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 so...
FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5 Percent in October
Washington, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices rose 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously re...
Record Low Mortgage Rates Contribute to Strong HARP Volume Report Includes State-Level HARP Data
Washington, D.C. - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its October Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have refinanced more than 1.8 million loans through the Home A...
Deputy Director Stephen Cross to Retire from FHFA
Washington, DC - December 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today announced that Stephen Cross, FHFA’s Deputy Director of the Division of Federal Home Loan Bank Regulation, will retire fro...
Maximum Conforming Loan Limits for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Remain Unchanged in...
Washington, DC - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the maximum conforming loan limits for mortgages acquired by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013 will remain at existing levels. In m...
U.S. House Prices Rose 1.1 Percent in Third Quarter 2012
Washington, DC - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices rose 1.1 percent from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2012 according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) seasonally adjusted purchase-only house price in...
HARP Enhancements Continue to Bolster Program
Washington, D.C. - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its September Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Progr...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 so...
FHFA Statement on REO Pilot Transactions
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- "The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is encouraged by the results of Fannie Mae's first Real Estate Owned (REO) pilot transactions and remains committed to pursuing efforts that build upon...
FHFA and CFPB Partner on Development of National Mortgage Database
Initiative will help streamline disparate datasets and support regulators’ efforts to monitor the market WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 2, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and Consumer Financial Prote...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 som...
FHFA House Price Index Up 0.7 Percent in August
Washington, DC - October 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices rose 0.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from July to August, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported ...
HARP Loans Continue Strong Pace in August
Washington, D.C. - October 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its August Refinance Report, which shows that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (...
FHFA Releases Strategic Plan for 2013-2017
Washington, DC - October 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today released an updated strategic plan for FHFA for fiscal years 2013-2017 subtitled, “Preparing a Foundation for a More ...
FHFA Announces Winning Investor in Chicago REO Pilot Initiative
Washington, DC - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that The Cogsville Group, LLC has purchased 94 Fannie Mae properties in Chicago as part of a real estate owned (REO) pilot initiative. All ...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - September 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 s...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Help More Than 2.4 Million with Foreclosure Prevention Actions;
Washington, DC - September 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 129,000 foreclosure prevention actions in the second quarter of 2012, bringing the total foreclosure prevention actions to 2.4 million since the st...
FHFA Announces Increase in Guarantee Fees
Washington, DC - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that it has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to raise guarantee fees (g-fees) on singlefamily mortgages by an average of 10 basis points...
FHFA Announces New Standard Short Sale Guidelines for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
Washington, DC - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 shor...
Agencies Issue Proposed Rule on Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgages
WASHINGTON, DC - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six federal financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposed rule to establish new appraisal requirements for “higher-risk mortgage loans.” The proposed rule would implement amendments to ...
FHFA Sends Notice to Federal Register on Use of Eminent Domain to Restructure Performing...
Washington, DC - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent to the Federal Register a Notice indicating its concern with the proposed use of eminent domain to restructure performing home loans and inviting p...
HARP Refinances Continue Surge in First Half of 2012
Washington, D.C. - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its June Refinance Report, which shows that one of every three refinances through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were made through the Home Aff...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 a...
FHFA Announces Next Steps in REO Pilot Program
Washington, DC - July 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the winning bidders in a real estate owned (REO) pilot initiative have been chosen and transactions are expected to close early in the th...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 a...
FederalHousing Finance Agency Establishes Additional Anti-Fraud Measure for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal...
Washington,DC - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced an initiative to complement current fraud reporting by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. FHFA is taking this additional ...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Help More Than 2.3 Million with Foreclosure Prevention Actions;
Washington, DC - June 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have completed more than 2.3 million foreclosure prevention actions since the start of conservatorship in 2008, including 1.1 million permanent loan modifications. These ac...
FHFA’s Report to Congress Details Annual Examinations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal...
Washington, D.C. - June 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its fourth annual Report to Congress, detailing the agency’s examinations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks (F...
