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  • Climate change poses a serious threat to the U.S. housing finance system.  FHFA's regulated entities – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System - play a leadership role in addressing this issue.
  • FHFA requests your comments on rules <a href="/SupervisionRegulation/RegulationFederalRegister/Pages/Open-for-Comment.aspx">open for comment.  </a>
  • U.S. HOUSE PRICES RISE 4.3% IN 1Q 2023; UP 0.5% FROM Q4 2022

  • Written Testimony Before the House Financial Services Committee on 5/23/2023

  • FHFA issues RFI on the Enterprises’ Single-Family Pricing Framework

  • FHFA PUBLISHES NEW APPRAISAL DATA AND DASHBOARDS

  • FHFA House Price Index Up 0.5% in February; Up 4.0% from Last Year

  • ICYMI: The May 19, 2023 Appraisal Subcommittee Hearing video is now available

  • 2023 CONFORMING LOAN LIMITS ANNOUNCED FOR FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC

  • FHFA ISSUES FINTECH RFI PUBLIC SUMMARY OF RESPONSES

  • FHFA Announces Fair Lending Program To Support Equitable Housing Finance

  • Climate change poses a serious threat to the U.S. housing finance system. FHFA's regulated entities – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System - play a leadership role in addressing this issue.

  • FHFA requests comments on rules.

    FHFA requests your comments on rules open for comment.

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Releases, Statements, Speeches and Testimony

June 1, 2023​

Agencies Request Comment on Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models Proposed Rule
Six federal regulatory agencies today requested public comment on a proposed rule designed to ensure the credibility and integrity of models used in real estate valuations...

May 31, 2023

FHFA Announces Membership in the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG)
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced its membership in the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG). Climate risk poses a serious threat to the U.S. housing finance system...

May 30, 2023

U.S. House Prices Rise 4.3 Percent over the Last Year; Up 0.5 Percent from the Fourth Quarter
U.S. house prices rose 4.3 percent between the first quarters of 2022 and 2023, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) House Price Index (FHFA HPI®). House prices were up 0.5 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. FHFA’s seasonally adjusted monthly index for March was up 0.6 percent from February...​​​

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Climate Change and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recognizes that climate change poses a serious threat to the U.S. housing finance system. FHFA's regulated entities – Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System – have an important leadership role to play in addressing this issue. Click here to learn more about what FHFA has done related to climate risks and ESG broadly.


Suspended Counterparty Program
Suspended Counterparty Program

FHFA established the Suspended Counterparty Program (SCP) to help address the risk to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks presented by individuals and entities with a history of fraud or other financial misconduct.

Click here to access the Suspended Counterparty Program regulation and the list of suspended individuals and entities.           

           

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MIRS Transition Index

MIRS Transition Index Release Dates

Index Value
May 2023

6.72
April 2023

6.11
​March 2023
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​6.32
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MIRS transition index is intended to be used in lieu of the discontinued MIRS ARM Index for currently outstanding loans, and not as a reference rate on newly-originated adjustable-rate mortgages.  For further information, click here

MIRS transition index was previously known as PMMS+. Only the name has changed.

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House Prices

FHFA HPI-SourceQuarterly Change 2022Q4-2023Q1Four Quarter Change 2022Q1-2023Q1
"Purchase-Only" U.S. Index
(Seasonally Adjusted)
0.5%4.3%
"Expanded-Data" U.S. Index
(Seasonally Adjusted)
1.1%5.9%
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