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
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - May 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 some AR...
FHFA Announces Senior Appointment in Office of Congressional Affairs and Communications
Washington, DC - April 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today announced the appointment of Denise Dunckel as Senior Associate Director for the Office of Congressional Affairs and Communicat...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - April 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 ...
FHFA Terminates Cease and Desist Order on Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Washington, DC - April 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has terminated all remaining provisions of the consent cease and desist order applicable to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank). The order was t...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - March 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 some ...
FHFA House Price Index Unchanged in January
Washington, DC - March 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices were unchanged on a seasonally adjusted basis from December to January, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.7 p...
FHFA Publishes Final Rule on Private Transfer Fees
Washington, DC - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent a final rule to the Federal Register on private transfer fees. The final rule limits Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks from d...
Permanent Modifications on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Loans Reach 1.1 Million; Loan Mod...
Washington, DC - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 2.1 million foreclosure prevention actions since the start of conservatorship including 1.1 million permanent loan modifications. These actions, design...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - February 28, 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 Announces Pilot REO Property Sales in Hardest-Hit Areas
Washington, DC - February 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the first pilot transaction under the Real Estate-Owned (REO) Initiative, targeted to hardest-hit metropolitan areas — Atlanta, Chica...
FHFA Announces Interested Investors May Pre-Qualify For REO Initiative
Washington, DC - February 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced the first step of a Real-Estate Owned (REO) Initiative targeted to hardest-hit metropolitan areas
announced in August 2011. Investors int...
FHFA House Price Index Falls 0.2 Percent in October
Washington, DC - December 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices fell 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC – December 22, 2011 – (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 ...
FHFA Announces New Timeline for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Mortgage Data Implementation
Washington, DC - December 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 Unifor...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Complete Nearly 2 Million Foreclosure Prevention Actions With More...
Washington, DC - December 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 conservat...
U.S. House Prices Rise 0.2 Percent in Third Quarter 2011
Washington, DC - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 usin...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 ...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - October 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 c...
FHFA Directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Adopt Uniform Improvements to Foreclosure Attorney...
Washington, DC - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to transition away from current foreclosure attorney network programs and move to a system where mortgage servicer...
Joint Initiative Seeks Public Comment on Alternative Mortgage Servicing Compensation; Releases Discussion Paper
Washington, DC - September 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that the Joint Initiative on Mortgage Servicing Compensation is seeking public comment on two alternative mortgage servicing compensatio...
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - September 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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...
FHFA Sues 17 Firms to Recover Losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Washington, DC - September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), today filed lawsuits against 17 financial institutions, certain of their officers and various unaffiliated lead underwriters. The suits allege violations of federal securities laws and common law in the sale of residential private-label mortgage-backed securities (PLS) to the Enterprises.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Foreclosure Prevention Actions Down in Second Quarter; HARP Refinancings...
Washington, DC - September 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have completed nearly 1.8 million foreclosure prevention actions since the beginning of conservatorship in the fourth quarter of 2008. More than half of these actions resulted in loan modifications.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - August 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 4.57 percent based on loans closed in July. This is a decrease of 0.05 percent from the previous month. This ontract Rate series can be found at http://www.fhfa.gov/Default.aspx?Page=251.
FHFA, Treasury, HUD Seek Input on Disposition of Real Estate Owned Properties
Washington, DC - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has announced a Request For Information (RFI), seeking input on new options for selling single-family real estate owned (REO) properties held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - July 27, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 4.62 percent based on loans closed in June. This is a decrease of 0.12 percent from the previous month.
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
Washington, DC - June 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 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 4.74 percent based on loans closed in May. This is a decrease of 0.06 percent from the previous month. This Contract Rate series can be found at http://www.fhfa.gov/Default.aspx?Page=251.
FHFA House Price Index Rises 0.8 Percent in April;
Washington, DC - June 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. house prices rose 0.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from March to April, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index. The previously reported 0.3 percent decrease in March was revised to a 0.4 percent decrease. For the 12 months ending in April, U.S. prices fell 5.7 percent. The U.S. index is 19.3 percent below its April 2007 peak and roughly the same as the January 2004 index level.
FHFA’s Report to Congress Details Annual Examinations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal...
Washington, D.C. - June 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released its third Report to Congress, detailing the findings of the agency’s 2010 annual examinations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks), and the FHLBanks’ Office of Finance.
Agencies Extend Comment Period on Risk Retention Proposed Rulemaking
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 7, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Six federal agencies have approved and will submit a Federal Register notice that extends the comment period on the proposed rules to implement the credit risk retention requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The comment period was extended to August 1, 2011, to allow interested persons more time to analyze the issues and prepare their comments. Originally, comments were due by June 10, 2011.
