Our mission is to ensure the Housing Government-sponsored Enterprises operate in a safe and sound manner so they serve as a reliable source of liquidity and funding for housing finance and community investment. Together these institutions provide more than $5 trillion in funding for the U.S. mortgage markets and financial institutions.
Read about the agency’s 2013 examinations of Fannie Mac, Freddie Mac and the Home Loan Bank System.
Submit comments and provide input on FHFA Rules Open for Comment by clicking on Rulemaking and Federal Register.
Goal: Help restore confidence, enhance capacity to fulfill mission, and mitigate systemic risk that contributed directly to instability in financial markets.
MAINTAIN foreclosure prevention activities and credit availability, REDUCE taxpayer risk, and BUILD a new single-family securitization infrastructure. Read more in the 2014 Scorecard and Conservatorships Strategic Plan.
Plans and Reports
FHFA experts provide reliable data, including all states, about activity in the U.S. mortgage market through its House Price Index, Refinance Report, Foreclosure Prevention Report, and Performance Report.
See HPI Crosswalk to map former filenames or links to the new website's format.
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HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners current on their mortgage payments, but underwater on their mortgages.
FHFA economists and policy experts provide reliable research and policy analysis about critical topics impacting the nation’s housing finance sector. Meet the experts….
Key Topics pages provide information about FHFA's work on a range of issues facing the nation and highlight the most relevant related news releases, reports, statements and web pages on the respective topics.
The Honorable Melvin L. Watt of Charlotte, NC sworn in on January 6th to a 5-year term as the first Senate-confirmed Director of FHFA.
Read more about Director Watt
Director Watt discussing the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) during an outreach event.
FHFA unveiled an interactive online map indicating the number of estimated "in-the-money" borrowers eligible for HARP in every zip code, county and MSA in the country.
FHFA requests your comments on rules open for comment.
The FHFA House Price Index showed a 0.6 percent increase in U.S. house prices from September to October. From October 2013 to October 2014, house prices were up 4.5 percent.
Millions of homeowners have taken this route to refinance their mortgages. To see if you qualify visit www.HARP.gov.
HARP - the Home Affordable Refinance Program - was created by FHFA specifically to help homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments, but who are underwater on their mortgages. That is, they owe almost as much or more than the current value of their homes. Check out this interactive online map that shows the numbers of estimated borrowers eligible for HARP in every zip code, county, and Metropolitan Statistical Area in the country. To see if you qualify for HARP go to HARP.gov.
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Calculate the current estimated dollar value of your home using FHFA's House Price calculator.
Download the latest House Price Index for October 2014 in PDF format.
FHFA unveiled an interactive online map indicating the number of estimated borrowers eligible for HARP in every zip code, county and MSA in in the US.
Rulemaking open for comment
The FHFA House Price Index showed a 0.6% increase in October 2014. From Oct 2013 to October 2014, house prices were up 4.5%
